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...problem: The report is not good news for Wisconsin. Excluding the District of Columbia, the Badger State had the nation's largest achievement gap in three of four areas: fourth- and eighth-grade reading as well as fourth-grade math. As in many Northern and Midwestern states, Wisconsin's white students generally perform well, providing a stark contrast to its underperforming minorities. Conversely, the small achievement gap in places like West Virginia (with a racial divide of just 13 points in fourth-grade reading) can prove a mixed blessing, as it often indicates that white students are missing the mark...
...member of the Hui, a Chinese Muslim group, had been killed. Despite a massive security presence, Urumqi remains tense. On July 13 police shot and killed two Uighur men and injured a third Monday afternoon near the Xinjiang People's Hospital in the city's main Uighur district. (See pictures of the unrest in Urumqi...
SOURCE: U.S. DISTRICT COURT--SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOCUMENT...
...Uighur residents also fear further hostility. "There will be more conflict in the future," says a 25-year-old Uighur man sitting by a mosque in the Nanmen district, where the southern Uighur district abuts Urumqi's downtown. "Everyone has seen the images of Uighur attacking Han, but no one knows about Han attacking Uighur...
...Patpong, Bangkok's most notorious red-light district, go-go girls count their livelihood by the number of sex tourists they entertain. "Three inches, three minutes, 3,000 baht ($87)," laughs Goy, a 25-year-old bar girl. Last summer, she and her fellow pole dancers at the Camelot Castle entertained scores of men every night - first in the bar, where they earn a monthly salary, then at the customer's hotel, where they negotiate their own rates. But as cash-strapped travelers turn their backs on Thailand - tourism officials say revenues will plunge 35% this year - the ranks...