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Police stand guard as a lorry containing drilling equipment enters a drilling site outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 27, 2013. Cuadrilla Resources is readying a site to drill a well near the village of Balcombe in West Sussex.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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Demonstrators sit in the road in an attempt to prevent police officers from escorting a lorry carrying oil drilling equipment to a site run by Cuadrilla Resources outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 29, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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Naked demonstrators protest in the road in front of a drill site outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 27, 2013. Cuadrilla Resources is readying a site to drill a well near the village of Balcombe in West Sussex.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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Demonstrators attempt to prevent police officers from escorting a lorry carrying oil drilling equipment to a site run by Cuadrilla Resources outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 29, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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Demonstrators attempt to prevent police officers from escorting a lorry containing drilling equipment to a drilling site outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 27, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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A child walks in the road during a demonstration to prevent lorries containing drilling equipment from entering a drilling site outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 27, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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Police officers prepare to escort a lorry containing oil drilling equipment to a site run by Cuadrilla Resources outside the village of Balcombe in southern England July 29, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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Demonstrators attempt to prevent police officers from escorting a lorry containing drilling equipment to a gas site run by Cuadrilla Resources outside the village of Balcombe, southern England July 29, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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A demonstrator stands in the road before attempting to prevent police officers from escorting a lorry containing drilling equipment to a gas site run by Cuadrilla Resources outside the village of Balcombe, southern England July 29, 2013.KIERAN DOHERTY/Reuters

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