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Archive for June 18th, 2006

The plaster statues are clean and not broken apart. North Korea is a perfect reproduction of the year 1950.

Oil is almost inexistant, so most of the labor is manual.

Water seems not to be avaliable everywhere when you leave the capital. A woman is washing her clothes in the river.

Life in a village.

Energy supply [...]

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He flew into Egypt at the start of the trip which will also take him to Ghana, South Africa and four other countries.
Deals for oil, copper, timber and other resources are expected to be discussed. Chinese manufacturers are also seeking new markets, correspondents say.
Trade between China and Africa rose to $40bn (£22bn) last year.That total [...]

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Sri Lankan forces have been accused of targeting a church in the north-western district of Mannar.The government denies this, but eyewitnesses described how the military attacked the church. An international aid worker has confirmed it.One woman was killed and more than 40 people injured in the incident.It comes after early-morning clashes in Mannar between the [...]

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As the world rapidly shifts from an economy based on labor and industry to one driven by knowledge and innovation, Europe’s education systems aren’t keeping pace. Indeed, some seem to be slipping into virtual dysfunction. It’s well known that the continent’s underfunded and overbureaucratized universities produce too few graduates with often outdated skills—an obvious threat [...]

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