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Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22689552 28 May 2013 Last updated at 13:43 GMT York Mosque praised for offering EDL protesters tea A mosque has been praised for serving tea and biscuits to English Defence League supporters after the far-right group arranged a demonstration there. About six … Continue reading
The New #1 Tourist Destination in the World? It’s Bangkok
The New #1 Tourist Destination in the World? It’s Bangkok But New York still earns the most money from foreign tourists — and Tokyo earns the most per tourist, by a long ways DEREK THOMPSON | MAY 28 2013, 1:59 PM … Continue reading
Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and gene patents
Link : http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-angelina-jolie-gene-patents-20130514,0,962240.story By Jon Healey May 14, 2013, 3:29 p.m. It’s hard to imagine Supreme Court justices paying much attention to the travails of Hollywood’s rich and famous. Still, there’s an interesting connection between Angelina Jolie‘s disclosure Tuesday that she underwent a doublemastectomy and … Continue reading
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Franglais row: Is the English language conquering France?
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22607506 Franglais row: Is the English language conquering France? By Agnes Poirier French journalist The French parliament is debating a new road map for French universities, which includes the proposal of allowing courses to be taught in English. For some, … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, education, France, language, literature, nationalism
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How religions change their mind
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22250412 How religions change their mind By William Kremer BBC World Service Once upon a time, animal sacrifice was an important part of Hindu life, Catholic priests weren’t celibate and visual depictions of the Prophet Muhammad were part of Islamic … Continue reading
Can NS give meaning to a S’pore vision?
BY ONG WEICHONG, 20th MaY 2013 The logic of National Service (NS) is clearly elucidated in policy and how we train our National Servicemen. Sheer logic alone, however, cannot persuade. Any dialogue on NS must take into account what it … Continue reading
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Did Singa’s ‘resignation’ letter lack kindness?
Priscilla Goy The Straits Times Publication Date : 17-05-2013 Mixed reactions to kindness group’s latest campaign to generate feedback A clever move to generate publicity or an unkind and distasteful stunt? This has been the question on many people’s lips … Continue reading
Is a degree really all-important?
LAST year in his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had some good news for polytechnic graduates and their parents. After a year-long review, he said, the Government had decided to offer 3,000 more university places a … Continue reading
France legalises same-sex marriage
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate. Supporters of same-sex marriage demonstrate in Lyon, southeastern France, some hours after the French National … Continue reading
Defining Singaporean culture
The focus of this online exercise is fairly simple: attempting to define Singaporean culture. Using your own understanding and whatever online resources you can find, list down various claims about Singaporean culture in this online form. You may want to … Continue reading
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