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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Hong Kong International Airport has canceled all remaining departing flights for the second

day after thousands of pro-democracy protesters blocked the terminal.

Protesting in the airport is the best way to tell the world what's happening in Hong Kong,

according to a 16-year-old who handed out flyers to travelers,

alleging police brutality. Demonstrators say they are protesting the erosion of the one-country

two-systems arrangement that was enacted when Hong Kong reverted to Chinese control in 1997.

Uprising started 10 weeks ago over a bill that would have allowed China to extradite Hong Kong citizens to face trial in communist courts.

It has since broadened into demands for more democratic reforms.

Protesters have blocked trains and staged airport strikes, rallies, and marches.

Meanwhile, nearly 50,000 people flooded Moscow over the weekend

to demand an end to political controls under President Vladimir Putin and to stand up against

police violence. This is the largest protest movement in Moscow in years, and comes as Mr. Putin's

support has fallen to multi-year lows.

There is enormous power in community.

The return of Colonel Roy Knight Jr.'s remains to Dallas on an airplane flown by his son

engendered an airport-wide show of support that even made the New York Times.

Mass protests led to the fall of the Berlin Wall

and sweeping democratic reforms in Eastern Europe. Whether for bad or for good, the force

generated by people working together to advance a common agenda is undeniable. Why then is our culture

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