Queens residents protest plans to build a private soccer stadium in a public park

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Queens residents protest in front of the United Arab Emirates Mission to the UN in New York on Thursday, May 9. 2013, a proposal to give parkland in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to billionaire Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, to build a 35,000 seat soccer stadium. The Sheik is a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family and also owns the Manchester City football club in the UK. (© Frances M. Roberts)

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