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...either side of the Atlantic. It's been a high-flying journey for Airbus, a company founded in 1970 as a government-backed consortium to forge a European answer to America's hegemony in civil aviation. Although the firm struggled during its first decade, funding from France, Germany, Spain and Britain helped keep it afloat - and still provides assistance today, though the company is flourishing. Airbus, which is owned by the Franco-German-based conglomerate European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. and British-based BAE Systems, just finished an impressive second straight year of selling more planes than Boeing. The A380...
...Jokin Ceberio, the torture began in September 2003. He was 13 at the time, one of the new kids at Talaia High School in Hondarribia, a town in the Basque region of northern Spain. A gastrointestinal infection led to an embarassing bout of diarrhea in class, and several students began taunting and harassing him for sport. Then, last August, Ceberio and three friends were caught smoking hashish at a summer camp. When Ceberio's mother and father alerted the parents of the other children involved, the teenager's friends labeled him a snitch and allegedly began roughing...
...Spain, about 7% of kids between 9 and 16 are victims of bullying; in France, 13% of students say they've been bullied
...disfigurement or illness), teachers can launch an education program on the issue. But many experts believe governments must ultimately get involved. Says ex-teacher Ebner: "The question [for politicians] is: Are you going to sit back and breed the future generation of head cases?" The Jokin Ceberio case in Spain gives his comment a chilling urgency. Basque Ministry of Education officials say that Talaia, along with dozens of other schools, had planned to implement a program this year on "Education for Peace and Living Together." The initiative sought "to apply a conscientious and critical approach to the problems that come...
...regime. In December, the E.U. advised dropping that policy after a number of jailed dissidents were released. Slow Justice CHILE The Supreme Court upheld an indictment on charges of kidnap and murder against former dictator Augusto Pinochet, relating to his 1973-1990 period in office. MEANWHILE IN SPAIN... E.U.-1, Skeptics-0 The government kicked off a campaign to publicize the proposed European constitution ahead of a national referendum in February - by giving a copy of the text to every fan attending the weekend's local football derby between archrivals Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. Celebrities will also...