Friday, May 10, 2019

"There’s that feeling of why again, why do we have to go through this again," a doctor at the hospital said.


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"There’s that feeling of why again, why do we have to go through this again," a doctor at the hospital said.

WE DO PRACTICE THESE IN CANADA TOO 
"Attention please. Lockdown. Lock, lights, out of sight. Attention please. Lockdown. Lock, lights, out of sight. Attention please. Lockdown. Lock, lights, out of sight."


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"Attention please. Lockdown. Lock, lights, out of sight. Attention please. Lockdown. Lock, lights, out of sight. Attention please. Lockdown. Lock, lights, out of sight. "

SEE HEY! HEY! NRA!HOW MANY KIDS YOU KILL TODAY
Violence, climate change, and Trump.


The Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies have done little to stop thousands of Central American families from journeying to the US.

A second grade teacher in San Francisco had to pay for her own sub while she's being treated for cancer.
WHERE IS HER UNION
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The policy gained national attention after a second grade teacher in San Francisco had to pay for her own sub while she's being treated for cancer.

Never Again Canada, which has nearly 235,000 followers, spreads misleading content and uses a URL-masking technique to deceive its audience.
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Never Again Canada, which has nearly 235,000 followers, spreads misleading content and uses a URL-masking technique to deceive its audience.

'Don't feed the monster!'
I HAVE BOUGHT USED AND NEW ALL MY LIFE, MOST OF MY TWEED SPORTS COATS CAME FROM THRIFT STORES
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A growing movement eschews fast fashion in favour of secondhand clothing. Is this the biggest personal change that can be made for the environment?

It's called Savanna's Act, after 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, whose body was found duct-taped in plastic in the Indian Country's Red River in 2017.
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Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s murder sparked outrage in the US. A bill named after her aims to address the crisis of violence against Native women

Tony Koch, considered to be one of the top Australian journalists of all time, reveals what he now thinks about his former employer, News Corp:
"These newspapers are, in my opinion, avoiding their prime responsibility to be a fearless watchdog on government and society, and to work to ensure that wrongs are exposed and fairness is invoked for all. I cannot see that they are anything other than misguided lapdogs – and toothless ones at that."
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No editor I worked for would publish the rubbish they now produce


Some of the most remarkable nature photographs of the year
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Run by the Society of German Nature Photographers (Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen), the prestigious annual contest celebrates the best wildlife photography from...

In separate statements, the APNS and PBA strongly condemned the use of government advertising as a lever to force the media to act as per their dictation, which is tantamount to a significant and undesirable curb on the freedom of press.
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KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) on Wednesday...


Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa has warned of a national crisis in the days to come if the multitude of out-of-school children do not get education.
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“The private school system only caters to a fraction while a huge number of children are not being taught and eventually may become a national security issue in future,” feared the chief justice while heading a three-judge bench seized with a set of cases relating to educational institutions and increase...
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PUBLIC EDUCATION IS NOT A RIGHT IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
Why haven’t past education reforms had more effect?
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Why haven’t past education reforms had more effect?
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"Around 30pc of students do not reach sixth grade, and enrollment lags behind relatively poorer countries in Africa and Asia that have achieved near universal primary enrollment."
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When so many reforms are developed independently, they are prone to contradict each other.

today’s editorial cartoon by Zahoor. DAWN..COM PAKISTAN