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To dissolve the ever increasing tense relationship between the two shores, yesterday afternoon in Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall square, a group of peace loving Quan Yin Method practitioners held a unique and meaningful event to symbolize "cutting the lines of conflict." Hundreds of people flew 'Peace Kites' and then cut the kite wires. This was to send the message of peace high with the wind to the opposite shore, hoping to dissolve the violent atmosphere that has been overshadowing us for a long time. (Article and photo by Tan Guan Seng)

Under the threat of waves of military exercises conducted by Communist China, yesterday afternoon in Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall square, a group of peace loving people flew hundreds of 'Peace Kites' to send the message of peace high with the wind to the opposite shore. Towards evening, everyone cuts the kite wires, symbolizing cutting the lines of conflict, and hoped that the discord would end soon. (Photo provided by event co-ordinator, article by Han Tong Qing)

Some of the 5,000 followers of Ching Hai, who heads a folk religious movement, pray for peace during a sitin yesterday at a Taipei park in reaction to the Chinese military exercises near Taiwan. San Jose

Is U.S. chicken really foul? An American consumer group charges that 25 of RAW CHICKENS harbor Salmonella and 90are contaminted with Campylobacter, a lesser-known but equally stomach-sickening and potentially deadly bacterium. The group's study blames the practice of immersing carcasses in a common got-water tank to loosen feathers; the report, disputed by the poultry industry, says the water is not hot enough to kill the bacteria and encourages them to spread.