Pedestrians pass a group of Falun Gong practitioners who staged meditation exercises on Park Avenue across the street from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on Thursday.

(AP Photo/Robert Mecea)

January 31, 2002

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Jingzhi Liu, of Montreal, and members of Falun Gong hold a peaceful [meditation] demonstration two blocks from the Waldorf-Astoria, site of the World Economic Forum. The [group] is banned in China.

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January 31, 2002

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Falun Gong members hold a peaceful [meditation] demonstration two blocks from the Waldorf-Astoria, site of the World Economic Forum. The [group] is banned in China.

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January 31, 2002

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