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...this year found that just 17% of European shoppers look for nutritional information when they buy food. Another study showed that although 75% of consumers in France say they are interested in nutrition, a full 84% could not explain what a carbohydrate is. And another study, conducted in Australia last year, indicated that people were five times as likely to identify healthy food options when they see color-coded nutrition labels. (See the most underreported stories...
...neither side seems interested in having them. A majority of both publics still support the goal of "two states for two peoples," but years of stalemate have sown deep pessimism about the possibility that it will ever come about. A joint survey of Israeli and Palestinian public opinion taken last December found that while 75% of Israelis say they support the establishment of a Palestinian state, only one-third expect it to happen in the next five years. Among Palestinians, 70% believe the chances that an independent state will emerge in the next five years are slim to nonexistent...
...country's ethnic Hungarians. But Slota maintains that he doesn't just want to instill more patriotism among the Hungarian minority -he wants Slovaks to have more pride in their country, too. (Never mind the fact that his own knowledge of the anthem proved spotty in an interview last week when he confused some of the words and got the author wrong.) "The children's relationship to their nation, to their homeland is not on a decent level," Slota tells TIME. "In America, the schoolchildren parade into a schoolyard, the flag is drawn, the anthem is sung and everyone holds...
...example," says Bela Bugar, a veteran ethnic Hungarian parliamentarian and a Slota rival. "Everything that is forced produces aversion." Thousands have signed a petition urging President Ivan Gasparovic to veto the act (he has until Saturday to do so), while others have joined groups opposing the measure on Facebook. Last week, hundreds of students and teachers sang the national anthem and jingled their keys in a march through Bratislava, a gesture that recalled the days of the Velvet Revolution when people shook their keys to signify the opening of doors. (See pictures: "The Velvet Revolution 20 Years Later...
...Empire in central Europe who has become a central figure in the government's push toward establishing Slovak heroes. Fico also triggered a heated debate when he described the nation's ancestors as "old Slovaks" -an attempt to demonstrate that the country has a deep and respectable history. And last year, parliament passed a language act that, among other things, instituted a fine of $6,800 for failing to use the Slovak language in official and public communications -a move that further estranged the country's 500,000-strong Hungarian minority. "Fico wasted the opportunity to build national self-confidence...