A chance meeting in a coatroom at the World Economic Forum has led to plans for Britain's largest sculpture to be built next to the Olympic Stadium in an effort to attract visitors after the 2012 London Games.
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-03-31-2456996467_x.htm
Leftists are pouring into town to rail against freewheeling capitalism during the World Social Forum, gleefully cheering the humbling of bankers and business titans by the global economic meltdown.
The 10-year-old conference is the left's counter to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_social_forum
