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Falun Gong: Let us in Chinese New Year parade

A Buddhism-inspired spiritual group suppressed in China says it's been barred from New York's Chinese New Year parade for years because organizers buckled under pressure from Chinese officials.

Today's parade in Manhattan's Chinatown is an annual spectacle of floats, musicians, magicians, acrobats and giant dragons dancing through neighborhood streets for hours. The Falun Gong have been barred...

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