Panel to favor partial ban on full veil in France
A parliamentary panel in France will recommend a partial ban on face-covering Muslim veils in public locations like hospitals and schools, while permits in private buildings and on streets. The 32 member group aims to balance concerns over fairness and constitutional questions amid Sarkozy's cautious stance.
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Paris
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Why Girls Fear Math May Stem From Female Teachers
A University of Chicago study finds that first and second graders taught by female teachers anxious about math show more belief that boys are better at math. By year end, anxious teachers correlated with girls scoring lower on math tests, suggesting need to strengthen math skills and attitudes in elementary education majors and teachers.
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Sian L. Beilock
University of Chicago
Beilock
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National Academy of Sciences
Janet S. Hyde
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hyde
Haitians search for their dead in Port-au-Prince debris
Thirteen days after the quake Jean-Rene Lochard retrieved bodies of his mother and relatives and searches for his five-year-old nephew. Amid mass graves 150,000 bodies, aid teams and grieving families pull rubble for the dead while the homeless fill empty lots. Shelters race to meet needs as tents, aid, and reconstruction plans unfold under urgent international pressure.
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Haiti
Jean-Rene Lochard
Port-au- Prince
Montreal
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Hillary Clinton
Jean-Max Bellerive
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Red Cross
Paul Conneally
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Halabja gas attack mastermind Ali Hassan al Majid hanged
Ali Hassan al Majid, Saddam Hussein's cousin and longtime Baath official, was executed after four death sentences for the 1988 Halabja chemical attack that killed about 5 000 people and branded him the "Chemical Air" figure. He had led campaigns against Kurds and Shiites as a top commander and defense minister.
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Ali Hassan al- Majid
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Al-Majid
Saddam
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Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes after Beirut takeoff
An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people aboard crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after departing Beirut. No survivors were confirmed by nightfall. 21 bodies recovered. The cause was not known, with weather blamed for stormy conditions as families mourned and awaited further news.
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Beirut
Ethiopian Airlines
Mohammed Jawad Khalife
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Michel Suleiman
Addis Ababa
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