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...almost universally low-key. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's hometown of Yokosuka will hold a memorial tea ceremony, which he has declined to attend. In Shimane prefecture?where a holiday celebrating the annexation of Takeshima island sparked anti-Japanese demonstrations in Korea earlier this year?one village will honor fishermen who rescued hundreds of Russian seamen during the battle. And in Tsushima, May 27 will be marked with remembrance services and the unveiling of a Russia-financed war memorial...
...seal population has climbed back up to historic heights, so too has the demand for pelts in a few countries. Most of the hunt is conducted in economically depressed Newfoundland by some 4,000 off-season fishermen. "This is an important part of their income," says Geoff Regan, Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. But animal-rights activists are betting that because the U.S. buys nearly two-thirds of Canada's exported seafood, a boycott will inspire the industry to end the hunt. They also contend that Newfoundland, a former whaling hub that now makes a bundle from whale...
...work during the French Revolution, a period Zhu felt reflected his own experience in Mao's China. But in 1988, Zhu's life changed forever when he joined other Chinese studying abroad on a special tour of his home country, organized by the communist government. He met farmers and fishermen, visited the new Volkswagen factory in Shanghai and realized for the first time how rapidly China was changing under the economy's new market reforms. "There was a tremendous amount of tension in China," Zhu says. "There was a lot of dislocation, but people weren't seeing the benefits...
...work during the French Revolution, a period Zhu felt reflected his own experience in Mao's China. But in 1988, Zhu's life changed forever when he joined other Chinese studying abroad on a special tour of his home country, organized by the communist government. He met farmers and fishermen, visited the new Volkswagen factory in Shanghai and realized for the first time how rapidly China was changing under the economy's new market reforms. "There was a tremendous amount of tension in China," Zhu says. "There was a lot of dislocation, but people weren't seeing the benefits...
Ronan told the story of Aqbal, a child who was found floating on a board in the middle of the ocean by fishermen two days after the tsunami. He had swallowed mud, was suffering from pneumonia, and had lost both parents...