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Protests as US Congress Opens Oil Spill Hearing
 Agence France-Presse
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May 11, 2010
| | Protesters denouncing BP hold signs as Lamar McKay, president and chairman of BP America Inc, waits to testify during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing. (AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson) | |
Washington – Protesters called out "BP kills" and waved signs denouncing the British energy giant Tuesday as the US Congress opened its first hearing into the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"BP kills wildlife, BP kills people, BP kills the planet," two of the demonstrators, members of the anti-war group Code Pink, called out moments before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources began the session.
The protesters also waved signs that read "BP = Bad People," and one wore a T-shirt with a crudely painted "power to the people."
A second group of protesters staged a more quiet show of opposition in black T-shirts emblazoned with "Energy Shouldn't Cost Lives," applying make-up in the shape of black tears.
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