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...census and those that do are often behind the curve. Britain introduced a mixed-race category to its census in 2001, only to discover that it was already the country's fastest-growing ethnic minority group. It's illegal to collect data on ethnicity or religion in France, Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Spain, mainly on the grounds that identifying people by their race or faith is, in itself, a form of discrimination. But a move to make all people equal risks ignoring their inherent differences. For instance, studies show that ethnic minorities tend to suffer higher rates of diabetes than...
DIED. Ahmed Abu Laban, 60, prominent religious leader in Denmark who last year galvanized fellow Muslims around the world to protest newspaper cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad; of lung cancer; in Copenhagen. Saying he was humiliated by the cartoons--one of which showed Muhammad with a bomb in his turban--Laban helped fuel rage that many Danes blamed for sparking anti-Danish violence in the Middle East...
...After the Wedding, Denmark Days of Glory, Algeria The Lives of Others, Germany Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico Water, Canada (but really India...
Last October, Roll attended a guest lecture at the Barker Center delivered by Iván Almeida, then of the Borges Center at Aarhus University in Denmark. Roll had brought his folder of Borges treasures to the lecture, and afterwards, he spread out the collection and invited everyone in the audience to take a look...
...that France doesn't need a full-scale Thatcherite revolution to get it back on track. The conditions in the country are still far better than they were in Britain in the 1970s. Decline is not inevitable, whatever the best sellers say; several of France's European partners, from Denmark to Spain, have put in place the conditions for reform with a mixture of judicious spending cuts, farsighted policy fixes and a willingness to embrace the opportunities presented by a changing world. By contrast, the French debate remains stuck in a time warp. Even that perennial, the 35-hour week...