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US top diplomat refers to NKorea as 'illegitimate regime'
Edit Topix 23 Oct 2016
Kerry used the unusually tough language as he met Kuwait Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah and credited the Gulf nation for its efforts in countering the North's proliferation activities. Kerry used the unusually tough language as he met Kuwait Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah and credited the Gulf nation for its efforts in countering the North's proliferation activities ... ....
Journey of The Black Hen
Edit The Himalayan 23 Oct 2016
Nepal has chosen Min Bahadur Bham’s Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen) as its nomination for best foreign-language Oscar this year ... In the highly competitive foreign-language film Oscar race, 85 countries are in competition this year, Nepal being one of them. These films will be reduced to a shortlist of five, from which one will be awarded the Foreign Language Film Award....
Claim to Victimhood: Enabling the Oppressing of Others
Edit Dissident Voice 23 Oct 2016
This commonality became clear when a prominent right-wing Québec nationalist politician cited the French language and Jewish sensibilities to criticize immigration and the veil ... At the end of August, Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) leader Francois Legault called for slashing the number of immigrants to Québec by 10,000 a year to protect the French language ... Protecting a colonial language....
Did Sacramento City Unified cross line by calling parents about tax measures?
Edit Sacramento Bee 23 Oct 2016
8 ballot ... “Having said that, it does not use the magic words, ‘Vote yes.’ ” ... “If you write the ballot language that favors your side, then to use additional tax dollars to campaign for it, it is beyond the pale,” Kline said. He cited Measure G ballot language, which describes an expansion of “successful programs that provide early intervention and tutoring services” and “support academic and arts enrichment.”....
Thousands of California Educators Walk and Phone to Get Out the Vote This Weekend for Props. 55 and 58 (CTA - California Teachers Association)
Edit Public Technologies 23 Oct 2016
58 will give our students more advantages by making it easier to learn a second language.' ... 58 helps all of those children walking up and speaking a different language today learn English quicker. It also provides more opportunities for all kids to learn a second language. Learning multiple languages matters ... It would be great for students all over California to have the same opportunity I've had to learn a different language....
Mohammed Rayes is Arab News’ new resident cartoonist
Edit Arabnews 23 Oct 2016
Author. . ARAB NEWS. Sun, 2016-10-23. ID. . 1477170427526225700. JEDDAH. Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English language daily, has announced the appointment of Saudi artist Mohammed Rayes as its new resident cartoonist. Rayes, 31, has been a published cartoonist since the year 2000 ... Abbas said ... ....
Tech convention for young girls in slums
Edit The Hindu 23 Oct 2016
In a move to raise awareness about the various opportunities available in the tech industry, TechDiva, a social start-up, held a convention for school girls residing in the slums of Pallavan Salai, at the C.P. Art Centre on Saturday ... “Coding is the language of the future ... Three women tech professionals were invited as speakers for the event ... ....
Cambodia's tourism gears for China rising
Edit China Daily 23 Oct 2016
"We are now trying to build the capacity of our hospitality services," he said ... "China-Ready will insure that all services in the tourism sector have Chinese-language facilities, such as Chinese speakers on site or menus in Chinese, and (establishments that provide these services) will have a sign that the facility is accredited as China-Ready to provide comfort and convenience to Chinese visitors," the newspaper quoted him as saying....
No Tamil schools in Malaysia will be closed down: Ministers
Edit The Hindu 23 Oct 2016
The Malaysian government on Saturday asserted that it would not close down 524 Tamil schools in the country. Education Minister Mazhdir bin Khalid and Deputy Minister P ... Khalid said ... Mr ... Pointing out that Mr ... Khalid explained that other South-East Asian countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei were adopting a “one school system” by which school education was being imparted through one language ... ....
National group scores Miami Beach highest in Florida for LGBT inclusiveness
Edit The Miami Herald 23 Oct 2016
Miami Beach earned a perfect score — among the highest in Florida — for its LGBT inclusiveness, according to a 2016 report released by the nation’s largest gay-rights group. “The city is the progressive leader in the state,” Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine said ... Human Rights Campaign (HRC) this week released its annual Municipal Equality Index ... “However, we always insert contract language prohibiting [LGBT] discrimination.” ... St....
California’s Latino doctors push for more of their own
Edit LA Daily News 23 Oct 2016
Earlier this year, Dr. Joaquin Arambula, an emergency room physician from Selma, became the first Latino physician to serve in the State Assembly after being elected to represent the state’s 31st District — a central California agricultural region where the population is nearly 70 percent Latino ... Understanding the language and culture results in better health outcomes, she said....
Thai junta says Google removing content with royal insults
Edit Deccan Chronicle 23 Oct 2016
Thailand’s government met with representatives from Internet giant Google, amid growing calls from Thai hardline royalists to bring those who insult the monarchy to justice, as many Thais look with uncertainty to a future without their revered king. King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death on Oct ... NAMED AND SHAMED ... Some critics of the monarchy living abroad have been named and shamed in Thai language web forums ... ....
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