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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been fined 6,000 Swedish crowns ($550) for blocking an entrance to Sweden's parliament on two occasions in March. Thunberg and four other campaigners faced trial after police forcibly removed them during sit-down protests against climate change. The activist, who became the face of young climate activists, has been fined twice before in Sweden for civil disobedience.

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