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New York's China tribute draws protests

NEW YORK - Red and yellow lights shone from the top of the Empire State Building at dusk Wednesday, a tribute to communist China's 60th anniversary that protesters labeled "blatant approval" of totalitarianism and criticized as inappropriate for an icon... ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Thu, Oct 01 2009

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