News Around The World
This is what we found for May, 2006:
USA:
'Melting pot' America "American society has often been described as a melting pot but in recent years, it has also attracted other definitions such as "tomato soup" and "tossed salad".
CANADA:
Filipino Table Etiquette Punished at Local School
"A Roxboro woman has filed a formal complaint with a local school board after her son was disciplined by a lunch program monitor at Ecole Lalande for eating in what she says is a customary Filipino manner."
UNITED KINGDOM:
'Bilingual juries for Wales' call "The body representing most of Wales' judges and legal profession is calling for bilingual juries in the courts."
ASIA:
Home and away - Japanese abroad give a flavor of six continents in these 'postcards' to JT readers “Young Japanese lead the way in a cultural exchange set to erode their homeland's hidebound mentality”
AFRICA:
South Africa: Schools to Teach About Apartheid “Government says a publication to initiate a process of introducing a subject about apartheid in the mainstream school curriculum is in its final stages of production.”
INDIA:
Tears of Indian immigrants yet to dry up in Fiji “Even after a century of hard work, enterprise and sacrifice, descendants of Indian immigrants still shed tears in Fiji because of rising racial hostility in their adopted country.”
MIDDLE EAST:
High Court upholds Citizenship Law in 6-5 vote “In a narrow 6-5 vote, the High Court of Justice on Sunday ruled to uphold the Citizenship and Entry Law (Temporary Provision) of July 2003, which prohibits Palestinian spouses of Israelis from living within the Green Line”
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