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from the December 04, 2006 edition

Reporters on the Job

• Police Training Manual: Today's story about lifting press restrictions in China included coverage of a police training manual that tells how to stop reporters from "illegal" interviews (see story).
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"Ironically it was a state-run newspaper that led me to the manual," says Peter. China Daily ran a feature about the lengths to which Chinese officials are going to learn English so as to welcome Olympic visitors, and mentioned a handbook for policemen. "I thought that might provide material for a story one day about the spread of English in China in the run-up to the Games," Peter says, "so I bought a copy. And there was the dialogue about 'stopping illegal news coverage.' That was a better story."

David Clark Scott
World editor

This week's look ahead

• Monday, Dec. 4:

London - Winner of the Turner Prize for art announced. The short list: Tomma Abts, Phil Collins, Mark Titchner, and Rebecca Warren.

Washington - Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the largest Shiite party in Iraq, meets with President Bush.

Tokyo - Symposium commemorating 50th anniversary of Japan's joining UN.

• Tuesday, Dec. 5:

Tehran - Foreign ministers of countries neighboring Iraq to meet for talks on ways to stop the violence in Iraq.

Saarland, Germany - Polish President Lech Kaczynski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Jacques Chirac hold their Weimar Triangle summit.

• Thursday, Dec. 7:

Hawaii - 65th anniversary of the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor that killed more than 2,400 in a surprise attack.

Brasilía - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visits.

• Friday, Dec. 8:

Washington - South African President Thabo Mbeki visits President Bush.

• Saturday, Dec. 9:

Moscow - Veterans from Russia and other countries mark 60 years of hockey in Russia with event on Red Square.

• Sunday, Dec. 10:

Oslo - 2006 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Muhammad Yunus.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - Joseph Kabila sworn in as president.

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