Chinese sculptor chosen to carve Martin Luther King memorial
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Chinese stone carver Lei Yixin says he was 10 years old when he first read about Martin Luther King Jr. historic "I have a dream speech" at the Lincoln Memorial.
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A sculptor, an architect, a photographer and a writer were involved. Collisions may have been inevitable.
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A model of the final design of the World Trade Center memorial will be unveiled next month, showing what visitors will experience when the tribute opens in 2009, Gov.
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DETROIT  - The man who brought the Yugo and Subaru to the United States and built a gull-wing sports car in Canada bearing his name now has a new project - selling Chinese-made cars in the United States.
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County supervisors Tuesday voted to hire an outside consultant for up to $13.2 million to turn around medical problems at troubled Martin Luther King Jr.
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Artisan Industries Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts announces the  promotion of Dr. Richard A. Giberti to President after the untimely  death of Andrew Donovan, its President for nearly 20 years.
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BEIJING, June 21 -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Zhang Jianhuaâs temerity in representing Chinese coal miners through life-size sculpture has earned his work what might be called a soft ban.
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A newly opened storefront operation called the Soul Food Museum is trying to baste itself onto the rich historical fabric of the neighborhood where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born.
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On the same day the nation honored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the first black leader of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was installed Monday as archbishop in King's native city.
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Nine life-size sculptures of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Christian saints -- all made of chocolate -- will go on display at a Chelsea gallery. Earlier, Catholics objected to the Jesus sculpture after a show during Holy Week in Midtown.
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NEW YORK - Merci beaucoup, Frederic. The Statue of Liberty hosted a party Sunday honoring its creator, sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, for the 100th anniversary of his death...
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A memorial marking the slaughter of Chinese citizens of Nanjing by Japanese troops will soon include exhibits showing visits by Japanese politicians to a Tokyo shrine that honors war dead, state media reported Wednesday.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela will watch Wednesday as a statue of him is unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament before dignitaries including Prime Minister Gordon Brown. via New Straits Times
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Zaha Hadid, who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, has been chosen to design the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
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Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana are among the headliners announced Thursday for a concert to raise money to build a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.
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While the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, three states celebrate another man as well. In Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, the slain civil rights leader shares a state holiday with Robert E. Lee, commanding officer of the Confederate Army.