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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: DMaA who wrote (357400)4/3/2010 10:23:05 AM
From: Jack Be Quick  Read Replies (1) of 793868
 
That is such a great story, rich in so many details:
Senegalese rapper Akon and U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson attending the opening ceremonies; imams being urged to "read the holy Koran in the mosques simply to ask Allah to preserve us from the punishment this monument of shame risks bringing on Senegal"; complaints of soviet-style realism; an African statue built by North Korean laborers in Senegal; the Eiffel Tower cited - this story has got it all.

Good catch, thanks. Just packed with great stuff. Is there an SI thread for recommending story of the year?
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