6:00 am |
Metro expects to have bus service restored, but busses on Pine
and Pike streets will be rerouted.
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8:00 am |
Retailers begin to remove plywood from windows and to reopen businesses.
Business owners criticize Mayor Schell.
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9:00 am |
WTO Plenary Session continues at the Convention Center.
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10:00 am |
"Design your own Creative Action" workshop is scheduled
at the Musicians Club, 2620 3rd Avenue.
(Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy.)
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11:30 am |
"Sweden: The New World Technology Tiger of the North"
luncheon is scheduled at the Space Needle.
(Sponsored by Swedish American Chamber of Commerce.)
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12:30 pm |
Salute to Small Business and Asian Pacific Trade panels are scheduled
at the Westin Hotel.
(Sponsored by Coalition of Chambers for Asian-Pacific Trade.)
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1:00 pm |
Adoption of Ministerial Declaration is scheduled at the Convention
Center.
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2:00 pm |
Closing ceremony is scheduled at the Convention Center.
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3:00 pm |
WTO for Beginners is scheduled at the Musicians Club, 2620 3rd
Avenue.
(Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy.)
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3:00 pm |
Hundreds of demonstrators gather at the King County Jail and at
Westin Hotel protesting treatment of jailed protesters. There is
no vandalism and no violence.
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5:30 pm |
Interfaith Prayer Gathering is scheduled at Freeway Park.
(Sponsored by Earth Justice Ministries.)
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7:00 pm |
Nearly 600 persons have been arrested since the unrest began.
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7:00 pm |
Protesters still occupy an abandoned apartment building at the
9th Avenue and Virginia Street.
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9:00 pm |
Evening of Solidarity with Cuba is scheduled at the New Hope Baptist
Church, 124 21st Avenue.
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10:00 pm |
U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barchefsky and WTO Director-General
Mike Moore announce the suspension of the Seattle round of talks
by the WTO. The "time out," as Barchevsky calls it, will
allow Moore to consult with the 135 members to try to bridge the
remaining differences with the goal of reconvening the meeting of
ministers at an unspecified date.
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11:00 pm |
One hundred protesters remain outside jail as negotiations continue
with King County Executive Ron Sims. They demand food and medical
care for prisoners, all demonstrators to be released, and the arrests
erased from their criminal records.
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* Compiled from media accounts
by HistoryLink.org
Used with permission |