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...song was immediately followed by “Finest Worksong,” from the band’s breakthrough 1987 album Document, which set the tone for the rest of the concert: hard-driving, drums pounding, political and aggressive. The crowd roared at the song, and when that segued into “Begin the Begin,” the the Begin,” the lights on stage flashed dramatically. During the chorus, with the stage lit white, Stipe even broke out his uniquely peculiar dance remembered most vividly from the “What?...
...Henan province into an ethnic war zone more reminiscent of Gujarat or Aceh. Four days later, on Oct. 31, when order was finally restored by more than 10,000 People's Armed Police and other military personnel, 148 people were dead, according to local journalists who saw an internal document circulated among high-level bureaucrats in Henan-making this China's worst ethnic strife in years. "In all my life and that of my ancestors, we've never experienced anything like this," says a Muslim surnamed Hai, who along with other villagers discovered a decapitated Hui corpse on Monday...
...report news of the clashes until Monday evening, when a brief item was first released only on the English-language news wire of the official Xinhua News Agency. No mention was made that the conflict was between the Hui and the Han. And in contrast with the internal document circulated to Henan officials, the Xinhua article gave a death toll of only seven. The news black-out may have had as much to do with Beijing's fear of social disorder snowballing into more widespread unrest as with ending ethnic tensions. Just in the past week, protests by thousands...
That this dream of Europe is different than its predecessors was signaled by the presence of leaders from Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria, all countries which have started EU accession negotiations. The three politicians also signed part of the document. “A united Europe is not only living up to its potential, it is also excluding war as a political means, since motives to conquer foreign territories will simply not exist in a united Europe,” said Croatian President Stipe Mesic the day after the event. Mesic, in Rome with observer status, hopes that his country will...
...European Parliamentary elections (73.1 percent versus a 45.5 percent EU-wide average), is, according to most studies, one of the most firmly integrationist EU countries. While editorials in the Italian papers reflected excitement, newspapers in the United Kingdom waxed skeptical about what they see as a flawed document and an excessive display. Whereas Italy will ratify the constitution simply through parliamentary vote, which is expected to be unanimous, the United Kingdom, like France, will hold a popular referendum. It is quite possible that the British electorate will reject the document, which needs to unanimous acceptance by all 25 member states...