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Politics has too much sway over culture education in Bosnia and Herzegovina - UN expert
24 May 2013 150 An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced concern at the extent to which political bodies have influence over cultural institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urged the Government to ensure that people have opportunities to engage freely in cultural life. "Culture and education seem to have been held hostage to political debates," Farida Shaheed, the ...
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UN rights experts call for stronger protection of victims of caste-based discrimination
24 May 2013 150 More than 260 million people across the world are still victims of human rights abuses due to caste-based discrimination, United Nations independent experts warned today, urging South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to protect them. "Caste-based discrimination remains widespread and deeply rooted, its victims face structural discrimination, marginalization and ...
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Glow-in-Dark Roach Worlds Smallest Frog Among Top New Species
A cockroach that glows in the dark, a black fungus that's ruining prehistoric cave art and a frog smaller than a child's fingernail. These are three in a top-ten list of newly discovered species for 2012. An international committee of taxonomists announced their annual picks this week. Committee chairman Antonio Valdecasas, a Spanish biologist and research zoologist, says the committee ...
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Expert US Foreign Policy in Retreat
A former senior advisor to the late Richard Holbrooke, who served as U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, says when it comes to foreign policy, the U.S. is in "retreat." Vali Nasr, who is now dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said the Obama administration has concluded that the best way forward for the United States is to do ...
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PH makes it to Fiba World U18 finals
THE PHILIPPINE Under-18 team pulled off a historic feat as the young Nationals slipped past India, 21-19, in the finals to capture the Fiba Asia U18 3×3 championship Friday night in Bangkok. By winning the title, the Philippine team of Arvin Tolentino, Prince Rivero, Thirdy Ravena, Kobe Paras and coach John Flores earned the right to represent the region in the Fiba World U18 3×3 ...
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Sweden cleans up after another night of riots
Riots were sparked by the police killing of a knife-wielding man who had locked himself in his apartment in one of Stockholm's neighborhoods where most residents are immigrants. (Fredrik ...
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Hotel rates in Europe soar with more travellers booking mini-breaks
In Europe, the end of winter and an increasing number of spring vacations and mini-breaks have led to rising hotel rates in several cities for the month of May, according to the Trivago-Relaxnews report. Compared with April, rates are going up in Venice (+38%) ahead of the Art Biennale (June 1-November 24), Prague (+35%), Istanbul (+29%) and Barcelona (+22%). Compared to May last year, however, ...
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Walt Disney One man and his mouse... and how they blighted our world
If you wanted to nominate the most influential Americans of the 20th century, you could begin with politicians and artists. But those choices misunderstand the country and the way it regards desire, and irrational desire, as human rights. Americans call that the pursuit of happiness. And feeling good about yourself depends on services, facilities, panaceas, and shopping. So you'd have to ...
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Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims 1 Iraqi
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one ...
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Rugby World class expertise is snapped up by test rivals
It's no surprise New Zealand is pick-pocketed by so many rivals - by the World Cup, five of the top 10 nations will likely be coached by Kiwis. There will be, if he survives, Robbie Deans at the Wallabies; Warren Gatland at Wales; Joe Schmidt at Ireland and, according to speculation in Edinburgh, Vern Cotter at Scotland. It wasn't that long ago that they worked here. In 2006, all of ...
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Alize Cornet wins Strasbourg International
Alize Cornet of France dominated the second set Saturday to defeat Lucie Hradecka in the championship match at the Strasbourg International. Cornet, who was runner-up at Strasbourg last year, won 24 of the 31 points played in the second set and ended the day with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 triumph heading into next ...
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Thousands finish final mile of Boston Marathon
View Photo Associated Press/Winslow Townson - Rachel, left, and Pam Vingsness of Newton, Mass., hug each other after crossing the finish line as runners who were unable to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15 ...
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Fragments of biblical treasure are up for sale
Nearly 70 years after the discovery of the world's oldest biblical manuscripts, the Palestinian family who originally sold them to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers - fragments the family says it has kept in a Swiss safe deposit box all these ...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls at a glance
The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of more than 10,000 manuscript fragments representing 900 separate texts, including the oldest biblical texts ever found. They were discovered in caves in the Judean desert alongside the Dead Sea. Most of the scrolls are animal skin parchment, a few are papyrus, and one is made of copper. At least 90 percent are written in Hebrew, while the rest are in Aramaic and ...
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Egypt court rules against religious slogans
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has ruled against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during ...
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The coolest job in the world
MOST dream job campaigns feature tropical islands, but the Australian Antarctic Division has a much icier location in mind for its latest recruiting ...
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Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ...
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UK police question alleged soldier killers friend
FILE - In this Friday, May 24, 2013 file photo, military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu ...
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Protesters march against Monsanto in 250 cities
LOS ANGELES -- Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries."March Against Monsanto" organizers say they're calling attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the companies that produce it. Protests are planned in more than 250 cities Saturday.Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds ...
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Stars Coach Names 25…For World Cup Double Header
black stars players GHANA COACH Kwesi Appiah has named a 25- man squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho. Dominic Adiyiah returns to the Black Stars as Appiah includes four home-based players for the two away matches. Fatau Dauda (Ashgold, Ghana), Daniel Agyei (Liberty Professionals, Ghana) and Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars, Ghana) are the goalkeepers. For ...
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Pennsylvania native strives to fly from worlds wonders
Jon Potter didn't need to be asked twice. When a guard pointed to the top of the Bent Pyramid, Potter quickly climbed up through cracks in its limestone face. The 22-year-old Lawrenceville native carried the equipment of a small ...
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Vintage 1976 Apple computer sold
Wozniak built in a family garage.Breker said it was one of only six known remaining functioning models in the world. Breker sold one last year for 492,000 euros (421,000).It said the computer bears Wozniak's signature.An old business transaction letter from the late Steve Jobs was also included.The Apple 1, which was sold for 666 US dollars (about 440) in 1976, consisted of only the circuit ...
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in southern Russia
Bombings have become common in Dagestan. On May 20th, four people died after two bombs exploded the regional capital of Makhachkala, where a suicide bomber struck on Saturday. (Abdula Magomedov/Associated ...
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One block two tornadoes
>Editor's note: John Sutter, the human rights columnist for CNN Opinion, is from Oklahoma City. Follow him on Twitter -- @jdsutter -- for continued updates about the tornado. E-mail him at ctl@cnn.com. Oklahoma City (CNN) -- Nancy ...
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New hope for descendants of World War II veterans
After hundreds of amendments, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill and finally submitted it to the Senate floor. On its last day of committee deliberation on May 22, 2013, a provision allowing children of Filipino World War II veterans to immigrate immediately, irrespective of priority dates, was adopted as one of the many amendments. It is now part of the senate ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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