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...orphanage from their market raid, the children live a modern version of Lord of the Flies. The school was once home to more than 170 children, but last winter the U.N. agreed to evacuate them. All those ages three to 14 were taken out by convoy and sent to Denmark. The older children say they would have gone too, but one of the convoys was attacked and two children were killed, so the U.N. stopped the evacuation...
...gates of Fortress Europe moved closer to the locked position last week when Sweden and Denmark announced new immigration restrictions that require Bosnians, as well as Croats, Macedonians and Serbs, to arrive with a valid visa. At the same time, Sweden has told 40,000 Bosnians now in residence that they can stay, but Denmark says its 14,000 Bosnians will be sent home when the civil war in the former Yugoslavia ends. The Danes should not hold their breath...
Kurdish separatists took hostages and attacked Turkish businesses and government offices in Britain, Germany, Switzerland, France, Sweden and Denmark, protesting Turkey's persecution of its Kurdish population. One Kurd was killed when protesters tried to storm the Turkish embassy in Bern, Switzerland...
Rather than confining instruction to special classes, schools integrate lessons throughout the curriculum. In Denmark sexual matters must be discussed whenever appropriate in any class. So too in Sweden, where sex ed has been compulsory since 1956. Starting when the children are between ages 7 and 10, it is formally incorporated into different subjects. "In biology, for example, the physical side is discussed," explains Peter Karlberg of Sweden's Ministry of Education. Courses that cover geography, history or politics tackle ethics and gender roles. In Finnish schools, all 15-year-olds receive an introductory sexual package put together...
...Labour Party has been unable to win a national election in 14 years, while Germany's Social Democratic Party has been frozen out of government since 1982. In Scandinavia, the long-ruling Social Democrats were ousted from power in the mid-1980s, but they have recently regained power in Denmark and Sweden, where their main task will be to trim back their own greatest achievement: the welfare state...