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George And Krishnas To Greet 2000


FROM INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

FRANCE, Sep 22 (VNN) — Paris, Monday, September 20, 1999
Asia and Oceania Devise 1,000 Ways to Greet 2000

By Thomas Crampton

BANGKOK - Most experts agree the next millennium will dawn over Oceania, but squabbling over the exact location has left a bewildering selection of sites luring tourists to see the first sunrise of the next thousand years.

Beyond fireworks and music, plans have been made to allow tourists to buy, lick and post a collector's set of first-day cover stamps on the actual meridian line. The government also reports that a large contingent of Hare Krishna devotees, including the rock star Boy George, plan to join the Fiji celebrations.

THOMAS CRAMPTON is a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune in Bangkok.


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