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Guinea-Bissau: Experimental Theater Group

Posted by Paula Góes on 31/05/2008

“Guinea-Bissau is a sui generis country, because people's talents are in the most unexpected fields. Theater is one of them. Here is our word of encouragement to the Bissau Experimental Theater group, established in  2005″, Jorge Rosmaninho [pt] congratulates the group for establish ...

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Burkina Faso: Level four culture shock

Posted by John Liebhardt on 31/05/2008

In The United Kingdom a bit more than a week ago, the Office of National Statistics reported that in the past ten years, nearly two million Britons have moved abroad, making up the second largest emigration in the countrys history. Presently, that means that 5.5 million Britons live in foreign count ...

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Ukraine, Russia: Personae Non Gratae

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 31/05/2008

On May 12, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov was declared persona non grata in Ukraine, following his calls for Russia to take ownership of Sevastopol, a Ukrainian Black Sea naval port. On May 15, Russia denied entry to Vladyslav Kaskiv, one of the leaders of the 2004 protests in Kyiv and member of the Ou ...

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Lebanon: Palestinian Children's Exhibition

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 31/05/2008

Lebanese Rania Masri writes about a photography exhibition by the children Palestinian refugees, living in camps in Lebanon. “500 cameras were placed in the hands of 500 children in all the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon,” she explains.

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Syria: Golan Cherries for Export

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 31/05/2008

From Syria, Sasa writes: “Syrian farmers living under Israeli occupation have asked Israel to allow them to sell their cherries inside Syria. Living under occupation means they can not travel to Syria or visit their families, and they certainly can't send shipments of their produce into Sy ...

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