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Environment: Majora Carter Stands with Tibetans at Torch Relay

From the blog It’s Getting Hot In Here, Jamie posts on last week's torch relay in San Fransisco, and the statement given by Majora Carter when she carried the Olympic torch, and also expressed solidarity with Tibet. ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Mon, Apr 14 2008

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