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...Instead of scotching it, the government offered a compromise, which Maori are still considering. Beach-loving New Zealanders were outraged - and they've stayed that way. The foreshores issue "was the last straw," says Tom Harrison, mayor of the Marlborough region, where the first foreshore claims were made. "It struck a nerve with all New Zealanders. We said, Enough's enough. It's got to stop...
...Lopez also struck a more serious note during the performance...
...Kennifer struck again early in the first overtime period to put the Crimson ahead for the first time since the 4:24 mark of the second quarter. The goal came as the result of an odd series of events, as a referee had apparently blown the whistle, causing most of the players to stop. Amidst the confusion, Kennifer alertly grabbed the ball and deposited into the net for a goal...
Here are some of the things kids at Garfield/Franklin elementary in Muscatine, Iowa, no longer do: eagle watch on the Mississippi River, go on field trips to the University of Iowa's Museum of Natural History and have two daily recesses. A sensible bargain has been struck: literacy first, canoe trips later. But there are more substantive losses too. Creative writing, social studies and computer work have all become occasional indulgences. Now that the standardized fill-in-the-bubble test is the foundation upon which public schools rest--now that a federal law called No Child Left Behind mandates that...
...earthquake that struck northern Morocco last week killed 572 people, injured 400 and left tens of thousands homeless. It also stirred up old resentments in the Berber-speaking region against the central government in Rabat. Protests spread as survivors complained of the government's slow response to the disaster. "We are hungry and there is nothing to eat!" hundreds chanted in the Mediterranean coastal city of Al Hoceima. Bitter over government repression and local corruption, people looted relief supplies. "I went to the town hall asking for blankets, but some people had stolen them and were selling them instead," said...