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...tech step in the Centre's mission to break down communication barriers between deaf and hearing people. A British Sign Language phone phrasebook should be released in the next year, plus the Centre has started to build a basic foreign-language phrasebook at www.deafstation.org, which will allow signers from Britain, Germany, Spain and Sweden to speak to each other...
...color and the positive influence of his father, Anthony, have drawn parallels between Hamilton and golfer Tiger Woods. Hamilton, whose grandfather came to Britain from Grenada in the '50s, hopes his success will stoke new interest among ethnic groups that have long steered clear of Formula One. "People that can relate to [me] will see that it's possible and also try to get into the sport," he told the bbc. Inspired by Hamilton's youth, good looks and wholesome image, marketers are likely to get equally fired...
...wartime India, en route to Britain from naval duty, British architect Laurie Baker met Mahatma Gandhi, who challenged him to return after the war to help house India's poor. In 1945, Baker did. Using mud, brick and other local materials, he engineered innovative, exuberant structures, many with pierced brick screens that dappled light and cooled rooms with natural air movement. Baker's low-cost, eco-friendly style, which became known as the "Baker method," inspired an organization of younger Indian architects that has, since the '80s, built homes for more than 10,000 poor families...
Estimated amount paid by a British paper and TV station to Leading Seaman Faye Turney, held in Iran last month, to tell her story. Shortly after Turney made the deal, Britain put a stop to military-service members accepting money for future interviews pending a rule review...
Mugabe has also targeted some longstanding foreign adversaries. The West, particularly Britain and the U.S., is plotting to recolonize Zimbabwe, he says. That paranoia courses through every level of the country's security apparatus. A large map in Inspector Moyo's office highlighted in red "areas of political activity"--which turned out to be every town or large village. A directive on the wall reminded him his job was to "investigate all cases of a political nature, suppress all civil commotion and gather political intelligence." There was even a detailed procedure in case the station ever came under attack. Fear...