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15 March 2008

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Stories from 15 March 2008

Korea: Part-time Lecturers and Suicide

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A series of suicides of part-time college lecturers has been covered in Korean newspapers. Harsh criticisms against universities in Korea are not a few. But some netizens approach this news in other perspectives and it shows how academic jobs can be sometimes viewed.

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Kuwait: Copying the West in Everything

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Kuwaiti blogger Frankom (Ar) urges his readers to stop copying the West in everything - from reality television shows, to movies and even when speaking to friends.

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Palestine: “I'm Afraid of “Taaakh” and Shiver When I See it”

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Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

In a promotion for one of Al Jazeera’s documentaries about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, a young Palestinian girl describes her living. With her little words, she captures the hearts of almost everybody who watches this video… and still, her words say nothing of what I can feel whenever I see her on TV, writes Eman AbdElRahman from Egypt.

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