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Barbados, Jamaica: Focus on Flogging

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 12/11/2009

“How to deal with discipline in a society is never easy,” says Living in Barbados, who adds that “Barbados is still working its way towards a wider acceptance that flogging is not the way to go.”

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China Issues Warning On Studying Overseas

Posted by editor on 12/11/2009

China's Ministry of Education has issued an early warning to Chinese who plan to study overseas and warns them to be careful when choosing private schools overseas. The warning comes after the bankruptcy of five Australian schools that is reported to have affected many Chinese students. In ...

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European governments must act on human rights 20 years after the Berlin Wall

Posted on 09/11/2009

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, European governments must act urgently to tackle human rights abuses against migrants, asylum seekers, detainees and minorities, Amnesty International said on Friday.   "While the fall of the Berlin wall symbolized the opening of borders, ...

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China: Teachers' strike

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 09/11/2009

Husunzi from China Study group blogs about a recent teachers' strike from three privately-owned primary and secondary schools in Chengdu, Sichuan. The strike was against the government's taking over the management of one of the schools.

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Pakistan: Education provides a new future for earthquake-affected children

Posted on 06/11/2009

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, 5 November 2009 – The earthquake that devastated this region in 2005 was a catastrophe for schoolchildren in Pakistan. An estimated 17,000 students were killed in their classrooms, and 6,000 schools damaged or destroyed. ...

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