China sex ring teachers convicted

"Two school teachers have been sentenced to death in China for forcing more than 20 young girls - including some of their own pupils - into prostitution. Zhao Qingmei and her husband, Chi Yao, were convicted of running a child-sex ring in the southern Guizhou province. The...

Water Conservation website

" South Florida Water Management District has launched a new website to provide residents, businesses, utilities, local governments, and educators with a one-stop shop for information about water conservation. It features current water restrictions, landscaping information,...

Australian, Briton deported from Tangerang area

"The Australian and British nationals aged 38 and 41 respectively were sent home on Friday after Immigration officials found them working in Tangerang using on-arrival visa, Tangerang immigration office head Pondang Tambunan said here Monday. Although the two foreigners were...

Uruguay buys first $100 laptops

"The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by the government of Uruguay. The South American country has bought 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12. A further 300,000 may be purchased to provide a machine for every child in...

The Ultimate Secret of Happiness pursuit of happiness

" The ultimate secret of happiness is subduing your ego forever and pursuing a goal of life dear to your heart. Above 99% people world over never get to pursue a life of their dreams. Some become slave to the choices of their parents, some to their teachers, others to...

Curriculum to be 'More Flexible'

"England's secondary curriculum is being overhauled to give teachers more flexibility in the classroom whilst focusing on the basics, ministers say. A quarter of the school day is to be freed up so that teachers can focus more on individual students' needs. But more subjects...

Looking for some Dam Justice

Yesterday the group that Christine works for organized a protest against the dams the government is building, among other things like mining and water privatization. Basically, we blocked off an entire lane of the Pan American highway at a major intersection,...