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Brazil judge blocks Sugarloaf Mountain zipline

BBC News · · 328 words · By Vanessa Buschschlüter
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“Brazil judge blocks Sugarloaf Mountain zipline”
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Wikipedia entries describe Sugarloaf Mountain's natural monument status and existing cable car infrastructure, but none mention a zipline project blocked by a judge. No corroborating sources found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sugarloaf Cable Car (Portuguese: Bondinho do Pão de Açúcar) is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca (at 220 metres or 722 feet)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Cable_Car
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sugarloaf Mountain (Portuguese: Pão de Açúcar, pronounced [ˈpɐ̃w d(ʒi) aˈsukaʁ]) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m (1,299 ft) abo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mountain
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument (Portuguese: Monumento Natural Dos Morros Do Pão De Açúcar e Da Urca) is a natural monument in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mountain_and_Urca_Hi…
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“The attraction's developer said it would allow visitors to descend from Sugarloaf Mountain at speeds of almost 100km/h (62mph) via four ziplines covering a distance of 755m (0.47 miles)”
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Wikipedia entries about mountain peaks in California, North America, and Ireland are unrelated to the Sugarloaf Mountain zipline project. No evidence supports the technical specifications claimed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Cali…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following sortable table comprises the 230 mountain peaks of greater North America with at least 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topogr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_major_100-kilomete…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ire…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_in_Ireland
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“The project - which started four years ago - had triggered protests from locals and environmentalists, who argued that the construction work was causing irreparable damage to the Unesco World Heritage Site”
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Wikipedia entries about UNESCO World Heritage Sites are general and do not specifically reference protests against the Sugarloaf Mountain zipline project or its impact on the natural monument.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judge…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site
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“Those opposed to the attraction argued that in order to build the platforms needed to access the zipline, the rock on top of Sugarloaf Mountain would have to be excavated”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that mention arguments about rock excavation for zipline platforms.
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“The company which manages the site said that excavation would be kept to a minimum by using areas with existing construction”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that mention the site manager's claims about minimizing excavation.
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“The project had the approval of both Rio City Council and the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN)”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that confirm approval from Rio City Council or IPHAN for the zipline project.
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“As part of Tuesday's ruling, the judge ordered that IPHAN and the project's developer pay 30m reals ($5.77m, £4.35m) in damages, stressing the 'inestimable value of Sugarloaf Mountain, not only for Brazilians but for people worldwide'”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that mention a judge ordering damages related to the zipline project.
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“The project has been at the centre of a legal battle for years and construction had been halted on a number of occasions as the company argued its case in court”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that reference a legal battle or construction halts for the zipline project.
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“In January, construction work restarted after the high court had ruled that stopping would cause more damage than finishing the project at this late stage”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that mention construction restarts in January related to the zipline project.
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“It added that the project was 95% completed”
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No sources were found in Wikipedia or web searches that confirm the project's completion status.
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“That decision has now been overturned by Tuesday's ruling”
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