Burns, Oregon: Four armed anti-government protesters held their ground at a remote US wildlife refuge in Oregon on Friday, a day after the FBI released a video of the fatal shooting of one of the group's spokesmen during a traffic stop. As the standoff with federal authorities neared the end of its fourth week, Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Portland office, said on Thursday night authorities were working "around the clock" to negotiate with the holdouts. They are holed up at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 48 km from Burns, a small ranching...
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