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Article: A bridge too far?: Rev. Moon calls for billions to connect Alaska with Russia.(PEOPLE & EVENTS; Sun Myung Moon )
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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Controversial Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon has unveiled plans for a far-fetched scheme to bring the world closer together by building a 51-mile bridge/tunnel over the Bering Strait to connect Russia and the United States.
"Some may doubt that such a project can be completed," Moon said in a recent speech in Washington. "But where there is a will, there is always a way, especially if it is the will of God."
Moon was in the nation's capital as part of a worldwide 100-city visit that is scheduled to conclude at the end of this year. The aging Unification leader, now 85, is still forming front groups at a fast clip. In Washington he announced the formation of a new ...