Jacques Chirac has declared that France ‘must outlaw Islamic head coverings, Jewish skullcaps, and other obvious religions signs in schools and regulate them in the workplace.’ according to the Star-Ledger. A ban on wearing conspicuous religious insignia such as head scarves, large crucifixes or Jewish skullcaps in public schools will likely be in place by ...
The Star-Ledger covered a note about a Latvian man who was picked up with a blood-alcohol level of 7.22 PPM, approximately twice the level at which most people stop breathing (4.0). Even better was the hospital’s emergency ward head who ‘told reporters there was no record of anybody having survived such a dose, even in ...
The Star Ledger reports on a revival of plans for a public competition to design a 9/11 memorial for NJ victims to be placed in Liberty Corner State Park. A previous contest was doomed by poor publicity and was scrapped in November after garnering only 19 submissions, none of which impressed the family members who ...
A BBC article claims “Pakistan is ready to put aside its demand for a referendum in the disputed territory of Kashmir, President Pervez Musharraf has said.” “If we want to resolve this issue, both sides need to talk to each other with flexibility, coming beyond stated positions, meeting halfway somewhere,” General Musharraf said. The Indian ...
Tien Mao mentioned an ESPN report on the gift bags distributed at some of this years bowl games. Both Husker and Spartan players will receive an Oakley 2.0 Crush watch, a wool letterman’s jacket with both the Alamo Bowl logo and the team logo and finally, a blue, red and yellow Alamo Bowl throwback jersey. ...
Religious Accessories banned in French Schools
Dec
19
2003
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