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International | May 12, 2008

Zhang's Big Red Book (& Posters)

by Paul Bass | May 12, 2008 12:11 PM | Permalink

Anna Zhang learned a blood-red secret -- and let gallery-goers in on it.

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International | May 6, 2008

The Devout: An Intersection Between the Divine and Secular

by Staff | May 6, 2008 3:09 PM | Permalink

Father Jim Manship (pictured here with Monseñor Altamirano and Maria Elizabeth) of St. Rose of Lima has been filing dispatches from his visit to Ecuador, to see families and neighbors of New Haven's, and his church's, newest arrivals. (Find his previous dispatches here, here, here here, & here.)

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International | May 5, 2008

Ecuadorian Soccer Kicks Off

by Thomas MacMillan | May 5, 2008 3:01 PM | Permalink

The soccer season in Fair Haven officially opened with the help of a dozen local and international dignitaries, eight speeches, two national anthems, one commemorative plaque, an official citation, 16 soccer teams, one Ecuadorian dance troupe, and a bevy of beauty queens.

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International | April 28, 2008

Soaked

by Staff | April 28, 2008 11:55 AM | Permalink

Father Jim Manship surveys the impact of flooding in Ecuador, as he continues his bilingual Independent diary on his trip to the homeland of many of his newest congregants at St. Rose of Lima in Fair Haven.

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International | April 28, 2008

Red Flags on the Green

by Thomas MacMillan | April 28, 2008 8:17 AM | Permalink

The worldwide debate over human rights and the coming Olympics arrived in New Haven, as a pro-China rally and a parade of protesters met in a shouting, flag-saturated, musical confrontation in the middle of the Green.

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International | April 24, 2008

Change Springs From Bottom Up

by Staff | April 24, 2008 12:27 PM | Permalink

Father Jim Manship finds corruption -- but education, too -- sprouting from the Ecuadorian soil

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International | April 23, 2008

African Choir Lifts City Hall

by Thomas MacMillan | April 23, 2008 8:17 AM | Permalink

Click on the play arrow to watch -- and read on to learn more about it.

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International | April 22, 2008

"Sergeant-Major" Is Ready To Vote

by Allan Appel | April 22, 2008 1:01 PM | Permalink

Sylvia Lewis-Thomas was welcomed into "the American family" just in time to carry out what she considers one of her most important roles of a citizen.

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International | April 21, 2008

Tibetan Refugee Shares Visual Prayers

by Thomas MacMillan | April 21, 2008 9:17 AM | Permalink

After fleeing his native Tibet, Lama Tsondru Sangpo (pictured) is "planting the Buddha seed" in New Haven with a display of sacred paintings.

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International | April 18, 2008

Danes Get Immigration Advice

by Thomas MacMillan | April 18, 2008 9:45 AM | Permalink

New Haven alders compared notes on immigration and other issues with a delegation of city administrators from Denmark. Downtown Alderwoman Bitsie Clark took the opportunity to give their country credit for inspiring her in the early days of the New Haven resident ID card controversy.

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