Uninvited PETA member disrupts Gaultier 2002 show
A column reports a PETA activist storming the Jean Paul Gaultier 2002 fashion show in Paris during a Sunday event. In Kansas City a suspected robber left with $50 after a manager looted cash, contact and escape details follow. A protest in Manila over U S military involvement ends with a mock flag burning.
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People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Paris
U.S
Philippines
Manila
Weekend Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Near 50
Outside today mostly sunny with a high near 45. Tonight will be clear with lows in the upper 20s. Monday forecasts call for mostly sunny skies and a high near 50. Subscriptions available at 800 228-0429 option 2 or online at www.thesouthern.com.
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Thesouthern
the Southern Illinoisan
Donations Back Children’s Lobby Project at Courthouse
Jonesboro report notes Union County plans a children’s lobby in the courthouse storage room. Illinois Bar Association funds about 3000 dollars approved in December to finish space light, window, furnishings, TV, VCR, books and toys. County awaits completion by late March with designated waiting area space.
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Jonesboro
Union County
Illinois Bar Association
John Bigler
Union County Board
Bigler
Carbondale NAACP sponsors King celebration breakfast
The Carbondale NAACP branch hosted a 7 a.m. breakfast at Grinnell Hall with speaker Elizabeth Lewin. About 300 to 400 people attended at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, supporting a communitywide service honoring Martin Luther King Jr. It highlighted unity across races and churches, featuring a children’s Rosa Parks play and a call to join a Study Circles Program for dialogue.
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Carbondale
Dr. King
Katherine Graves
First Christian Church
Martin Luther King Jr
Carbondale Civic Center
Graves
Unitarian Fellowship
Rock Hill Baptist Church
Rosa Parks
William Sasso
Norman Greer
New Zion Baptist
Globalpledge funds to rebuild Afghanistan after war
More than 60 nations pledged hundreds of millions to rebuild war torn Afghanistan and curb terrorism and drugs. The United States pledged nearly 300 million in year one, part of a 15 billion, 10 year plan. Substantial contributions came from the EU Saudi Arabia and Japan. Karzai urged aid while diplomats worked on demobilizing fighters and restoring security to enable reconstruction.
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Tokyo
Wartorn
Afghanistan
United States
United Nations
European Union
Saudi Arabia
Japan
Colin Powell
Washington
U.S
Bush
Hamid Karzai
Taliban
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Landers
Donna Blache
Eva Murray
Janneke Resnick
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir
Wavara
Stephen Robinson Jr
Eugenia Robinson
King
Sam Foskey
University Baptist Church
Robinson
Church of God In Christ
Chicago
Cairo
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