Volume 4 Number 329 Sat. May 01, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Point-Counterpoint   Currents and crosscurrents Asian civilisational dialogues In March 2004, a conference was held in New Delhi on what was called Asian Civilisational Dialogues represented by countries from Japan to Egypt and from China to Indonesia.   Byline The future is with the exit line There is one exit poll no politician ever forgets: it is written in the eyes of a public meeting. You can bring a crowd to the water, but you can't make it drink.   May Day: Celebrating the spirit of workers' rights Thousands of American workers, increasingly determined to resist subjugation to capitalist power, poured into a fledgling labour organisation, the Knights of Labour.   Closeup Japan Koizumi's popularity runs high despite a few policy fallouts As Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is starting his fourth year as head of the Japanese government, a survey conducted by an influential popular daily, Yomiuri Shimbun, found his popularity rate climbing     Advertisement