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Published July 3, 2009, 1:00 pm, Voice of America
Despite being majority Muslim, Senegal is a known for its religious tolerance.
Message of Chargé d’affaires, a.i. marking the 233 rd Independence Day of the United States of America
Published July 3, 2009, 12:39 pm, Daily News
Today marks the 233 rd anniversary celebrating the signing of America’s Declaration of Independence. America’s Founding Fathers knew that achieving independence would require winning a difficult war that risked bringing ruin on their fortunes, friends, and families if they did not succeed.
Anne Frank for Te Papa
Published July 3, 2009, 5:22 am, Stuff
An exhibition on Holocaust victim Anne Frank will open at Te Papa in February at the start of a two-year New Zealand tour. The free-entry exhibition, with material from Amsterdam's Anne Frank Museum, is expected to show in the main cities.
Foreigners are part of nation's heritage
Published July 3, 2009, 2:44 am, Bolton News
ANTHONY Backhouse, in his letter, “UK’s indigenous people” (June 26), cites the existence of four racial groups — the English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish — in support of his claim that the British people are not “a nation of foreigners”. But he forgets that none of those groups have their origins within the British Isles!
Background Note: Belarus
Published July 2, 2009, 7:27 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Geography Area: 207,600 sq. km. (80,100 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Kansas. Cities: Capital --Minsk. Terrain: Landlocked, low-lying with thick forests, flat marshes and fields. Climate: Cold winters, cool and moist summers, transitional between continental ...
Author collecting local ghost stories
Published July 2, 2009, 11:38 am, Devils Lake Journal
Journal Staff Report Is your house haunted? Do spirits share space in your store or office building? Are there any ghostly goings-on in your fields or on your farm? If so, there’s an author looking for you - and your terrifying tale could be included in a book about the haunted hollows of Devils Lake.
Anne Frank for Te Papa
Published July 2, 2009, 10:10 am, Stuff
An exhibition on Holocaust victim Anne Frank will open at Te Papa in February at the start of a two-year New Zealand tour.
Teaching in a changing society
Published July 2, 2009, 10:06 am, Radio Prague
For Panorama this week we go back to school, visiting a class of 12- and 13-year-olds at the grammar school in the old town of Havlíčkův Brod, about a hundred kilometres south-east of Prague. We are here to find out more about a pioneering teaching project that has been made possible thanks to the enlightened attitude of the local town hall, which gave financial support.
Dave Newhouse: Independent streak meant life
Published July 2, 2009, 6:37 am, Oakland Tribune
The Fourth of July is recognized as Independence Day, commemorating the United States' separation from Great Britain, By George, in 1776.Breaking off from the mother country established a tone of freedom in America that, ethnically speaking, hasn't always reached out successively to the masses.
Portland's neighborhoods associations flex their muscles
Published July 2, 2009, 5:54 am, The Oregonian
Fredrick D. Joe/The OregonianShirley Minor gives a tour of the Woodlawn neighborhood. Among the newer businesses: Firehouse, a family-style restaurant. Matthew Busetto recently restored and reopened the 1905 fire station, complete with framed historic photos. "I've gotten a great welcome...
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