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...protest, for which the G-8 became infamous four years ago during riots in Genoa, forcing levels of security that would make Kim Jong Il blush. There will be protest, possibly flamboyant. The rock singer Bob Geldof has called for a million people to make their way to Edinburgh to campaign for Africa's poor. He even wants another Dunkirk of small boats to ferry activists across the English Channel; much better TV than taking Ryanair. Geldof is also mounting a worldwide string of "Live 8" concerts the weekend before to unleash a flood of public concern for Africa...
...relevant point. Ratzinger [now Pope Benedict XVI], from what I understand, put the spinal cord into John Paul's theology on the poor. His more profound theologies are to do with the psalm of the poor, if you like. I just invited him to sing a psalm up at Edinburgh...
...Ophelie Song, a “rock opera” based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and told from Ophelia’s viewpoint. The production, which toured Paris’ Café de la Danse, New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, received critical attention and good reviews...
...conference in Scotland. The idea is to pressure G-8 participants to help reduce poverty in Africa. But this time Geldof's monster may be out of control. He and co-organizer Midge Ure implored anyone who could to skip school or work to go to Edinburgh (70 km from the G-8 meeting) on July 6. A headline the next day in the Edinburgh Evening News read "URE GOING TO CAUSE CHAOS," echoing the alarm of local authorities, who may be unprepared for such an influx and forced to rent portable toilets from the Continent. Live 8 downplayed...
...equipment, along with photos of Einstein and copies of his notes and speeches. Tickets are $4. tel: (41-31) 312 0091; www.einstein-bern.ch Britain hosts a touring, hands-on exhibition called "Move over Einstein," which will be at the Science Museum in London until June 12, and then departs for Edinburgh and Belfast, among other locations. Targeted mainly at 11- to 14-year-olds, the show profiles some of the projects that Einstein's successors are working on, such as an electronic nose that can sniff your breath to make a medical diagnosis, and tiny robots that may soon navigate your...