BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Worker 'put clingfilm over wound'

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:01 AM EST (BBC News)

Worker 'put clingfilm over wound' A migrant worker who sliced his finger open was found working at a vegetable packing firm with a piece of clingfilm over the wound, inspectors have said.

health

The Holocaust survivor who saved a classroom | csmonitor.com

Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:05 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

Amazing story of a Jewish professor who was shot by rampaging gunman as he protected his students and allowed them to escape.

nazi-germany, us-news, ceausescu, liviu-librescu, professor-librescu, cho-seung-huis, virginia-techs

MALI: Health workers fear deaths will continue « Sociolingo's Africa

Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:21 PM EDT (sociolingo.wordpress.com)

Despite the Mali government's hopes of eradicating malaria from the country - published recently - this report shows the practical difficulties for health workers committed to improving health in Mali.

health, africa, malaria, world-health-organisation, mali

Reuters AlertNet - Mozambique struggles to curb TB, seeks U.N. help

Seeded on Sat Apr 7, 2007 2:05 PM EDT (alertnet.org)

Mozambique will seek United Nations funding to fight a sharp rise in the lung disease tuberculosis, which has been overshadowed by HIV/AIDS, its health minister said on Saturday.

n, health, africa-tb, africa-health

British prince mourns close friend killed in Iraq

Seeded on Sat Apr 7, 2007 1:58 PM EDT (alertnet.org)

iraq, prince-william, world-news, uk-second-lieutenant-joanna-yorke-dyer

Ivorian children with families after soccer scam | Breaking News | Guardian Unlimited Football

Seeded on Sat Apr 7, 2007 1:53 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

A sad story of exploitation of the hopes of young people.

football, sports, africa, west-africa, mali, africa-football

Mali: Football « Sociolingo's Mali

Seeded on Fri Apr 6, 2007 2:10 PM EDT (sociolingomali.wordpress.com)

football, sports, mali, civil-unrest

Mali: A Two-Round System in Africa — ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 4:26 PM EDT (aceproject.org)

elections, politics, mali, mali-politics

IOL: Eight candidates to stand in Mali elections

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 3:40 PM EDT (IOL)

politics, mali, africa-politics

UNESCO | Education - The Earth's Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Diversity

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 8:28 AM EDT (UNESCO News Service)

The links between language, culture and the environment suggest that biological, cultural and linguistic diversity should be studied together, as distinct but closely and necessarily related manifestations of the diversity of life on Earth.

science, diversity, world-wide-fund, linguistics, linguistic-diversity, biocultural-diversity

languageinstruction_africa.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 6:50 AM EDT (unesco.org)

A good expose by a prominent African linguist/educationalist. This paper summarises the position of languages used for instruction/education in Africa.

education, africa, languages, linguistics, africa-languages, language-policy

Young Photographers Bring Mali to Life

Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:17 PM EDT

By Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer (Clipped by sociolingo)

Some of the people look you in the eye, others go on with their daily routines. Their homes and animals and places of worship come to life in photos of the West African country Mali taken by youngsters who live there.

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