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...Look,” I’d say, drawing little upside-down V’s to represent mountains. “It’s here, nestled between Croatia and Slovenia. It’s really mountainous. Actually, we’re famous for our mountain goats, which have enormous curling horns, dainty hooves and this very fine wool. You’ve probably heard of them...
...DIED. ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, 78, former Bosnian President who steered his country to independence?provoking a 43-month war, which left 250,000 people dead or missing?but couldn't stop the later fragmentation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in Sarajevo. Izetbegovic was a devout Muslim who backed Bosnian statehood after Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. A spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for war crimes said an investigation into possible war crimes by Izetbegovic ended with his death...
...idea. And parents traveling with children should know that laws against corporal punishment may take that decision out of their hands. Much of the world - including Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., the U.K., Canada and New Zealand - leaves the spanking issue up to parents. But 11 nations - Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden - already have laws prohibiting corporal punishment of children. Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking...
...Much of the world?including Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., the U.K., Canada and New Zealand?leaves the spanking issue up to parents. But 11 nations?Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden?already have laws prohibiting corporal punishment of children. Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal everywhere. As of this year, care workers in the U.K. are no longer permitted to strike children in their...
...year-old company, which installed its first U.S. store in December on Powell Street and opened a second last month in Boston, already has 210 shops in 29 countries. "Someone who's as international as us would certainly have a store in New York before they had one in Croatia," says the cheeky CEO, who gave rise to a skin conditioner called Buffy the Backside Slayer. "It's not a traditional global strategy, but it's one that's served us well...