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Date: 24/11/2008
The issue of minorities worsens relationships between Hungary and Slovakia
NEWS IN BRIEF. Bratislava denies autonomy to Magyar communities.
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Date: 21/11/2008
The local languages of South Africa struggle to cut a path in the educational system
Distribució territorial de les principals llengües parlades a Sud-àfrica. El domini del zulu correspon a grans trets a la província de KwaZulu-Natal
SPECIAL REPORT. A recent sentencing ruled that a school in Durban discriminates against students who speak Zulu · English and Afrikaans prevail in education, despite the fact that only a 21 % of the South African population have them as mother languages.
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Date: 21/11/2008
Peoples and nations today: Flanders
DOSSIER. When nationalists predict which will be the next European nation to achieve statehood, Scotland and Flanders almost always top the list. Flanders has its own parliament, dominated by pro-autonomy and pro-independence groups, and today threatens the very existence of the federal state of Belgium, at one of its lowest points since state reforms began in 1970.
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Date: 20/11/2008
Sri Lanka claims the capture of a key rebel defence line on Tamil territory
The pressure from the Sri Lankan military on the rebel guerillas continues, the same guerillas who still have control over the North East of the island · Amnesty International has put out a warning on the humanitarian crisis currently taking place in Wanni, where the fighting is centralized, provoking 300,000 displaced civilians · Last week, the Sri Lankan Government rejected a cease fire from the Tamil Tigers.
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Date: 19/11/2008
Over 30,000 in Pristina to protest against UN six-point plan
Organizers say Ban-Ki Moon’s plan would divide Kosovo in two by legitimizing parallel institutions set up by Belgrade in Serb areas · Vetevëndosje! and some 30 organisations more back the demonstration.
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Date: 19/11/2008
Northern Ireland parties finally reach agreement on devolving police and justice powers
NEWS IN BRIEF. The deal ends five months of government deadlock
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Date: 18/11/2008
Peace prospects in Congo as rebel troops withdraw from North Kivu
Tutsi leader Laurent Nkunda agrees to ceasefire between rebels and Congolese army after weeks of fighting · UN peacekeeping forces deployed in the zone between the two fronts.
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Date: 17/11/2008
Thousands take to the streets of Madrid to demand self-determination for Western Sahara
March called by NGOs and a group of personalities in defence of Sahrawi territory · Slogans include ‘Freedom and independence for the Sahara’ and ‘Morocco guilty, Spain responsible’ · Spain abandoned the former colony 33 years ago.
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Date: 14/11/2008
Right to self-determination on World Social Forum agenda thanks to Catalan organization
CIEMEN to organize a space devoted to the theme of ‘collective rights of stateless peoples’ at the next WSF · Preliminary meeting in Barcelona is attended by delegates from stateless nations around the world.
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Date: 14/11/2008
Peoples and nations today: Brittany
DOSSIER. Reunification of historic Brittany, Breton-medium education and recognition of Brittany’s Celtic heritage are some of the main battlegrounds for political parties and civil society in Brittany today. The Bretons have made ground by exerting considerable collective pressure – the network of Breton-language, or Diwan, schools, is a good example of their achievements to date – despite the fact that they have just as little autonomy as any other region of France.
