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Boost for minority languages in Europe The United Kingdom today ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which aims to promote their use in public life. Millions of...
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Germans tackle racism
A German university on the border with Poland has started an anti-far right campaign to protect its international students from racist attacks. The Europa University Viadrina, in Frankfurt on the...
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Eyewitness: First steps in Caucasus peace process
The long-standing enmity between Armenians and Turks could be resolved by a "reconciliation commission", which met for its first session last week. Commission members from Armenia, Turkey, Russia and...
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Dragged in from the cold
Captain Scott - Pink Ice
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Dragged in from the cold
Captain Scott - Pink Ice
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Today's news
Vitamin pills are a waste of money Vitamin pills are a waste of money and have no effect in combating disease, cancer or any other illness, while wider use of cholesterol-lowering drugs would reduce...
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Our world not beyond repair
Globalisation and its Discontents
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From first bud, drug ban was a real hash
International treaties to curb cannabis trade and use have been built on the foundations of shaky science and imperial politics, writes James Mills. As British doctors prepare to prescribe a new...
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Silence of illiteracy
Hassan Bouzidi's assessment of education in Morocco is gloomy (World View, THES, May 5). He says that more than half the population and 90 per cent of rural women are illiterate. But he does not...
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Germany encourages brain gain with 21.5 million euro prize fund
Brussels, 23 January 2002 Germany is attracting talented young foreign researchers to the country with a 21.5 million euro prize fund. The Sofja Kovalevskaja awards will be presented for the first...
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Money-spinning courses for foreigners - you're speaking our language
Nick Woods reports on the English language courses that are a boon for universities' coffers and culture "Everyone speaks English anyway." That is the typical argument British people use to avoid...
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Money-spinning courses for foreigners - you're speaking our language
Nick Woods reports on the English language courses that are a boon for universities' coffers and culture "Everyone speaks English anyway." That is the typical argument British people use to avoid...
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European DataGrid is a step closer to reality
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 The European DataGrid (EDG) project, which promises scientists unprecedented computing power to tackle major challenges, such as modelling climate change or analysing genomic...
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Filing cabinets of the pharaohs
Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions
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Virtual visionaries net a new identity
Layout - Designing Online Identities - Web Design Basics - WWW Design: Flash - Personal Web Sites