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...HONG KONG Demos Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited Hong Kong to address the three-day Fortune Global Forum only to be met with demonstrations. Antiglobalization and pro-democracy protesters made their voices heard, while members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement silently showed their resentment of the group's persecution on the mainland. Hong Kong authorities prevented more than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from entering the former British colony...
John Henry Days indeed tackles a great amount of material but without any signs of overreaching or strain. The novel ripples outward from a central event: a three-day festival in Talcott, W.Va., commemorating the legendary black railroad worker who outhammered a steam drill but died in victory. Many of the ballads about John Henry place the epic battle he waged with the machine in nearby Big Bend Tunnel, and Talcott residents hope that John Henry Days will become an annual and tourist-friendly attraction...
...Greg Burke: The stated purpose is to hold discussions on the direction of the church in the new Millennium. Obviously, that's hard to do in a three-day session, which is supposed to cover, among other things, inter-religious dialogue, the challenge of sects, and globalization and poverty. But it is really a wide open discussion, in which the cardinals are invited to discuss any issues that concern them. It's really an opportunity for the pope to hear from his cardinals. They can talk about anything, but it's not a Vatican Council. More like some form...
...second way to approach the popular three-day festival is a happy marriage of magnificent art and beautiful flowers. The colorful, gravity-defying bouquets in “Art in Bloom” will win over even the most hardened skeptic. And given the amount of public interest and revenue that “Art in Bloom” generates for the MFA, it is no wonder that the event has become the darling of both the museum and its visitors...
...CANADA Summit Protesters stormed security barricades at the start of a three-day Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. Some of the thousands of demonstrators hurled missiles at police and tore down segments of a concrete and chain-link fence surrounding the conference venue, where leaders from 34 North, Central and South American nations later met. Opponents of a key Summit proposal to create the world's biggest trading bloc say the agreement would empower multinationals at the expense of human rights and the environment. The plan would create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA...