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News Links UNESCO to Revise List of World Heritage Sites (Deutsche Welle)
UNESCO has called for a stronger commitment to protecting the world's cultural and natural treasures as it prepares to select new World Heritage sites. But the future of Germany's Elbe River Valley is still uncertain.
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Fiesta of Diversity marks Multiculturalism Day (The Guardian)
Many countries came together under one roof Saturday to honour Multiculturalism Day, with participants sharing their customs and traditional foods with others.
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Ghana: Diversity in Dialogue-the Cultural Wealth of the World (AllAfrica.com)
Imagine a world filled with people with the same ideology, culture, religion, beliefs occupation etc. Imagine a world where everybody spoke the same language, had the same philosophy, ate the same food, put on the same clothes among others.
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Mass celebrates cultural diversity (The Journal News)
MAHOPAC - The Rev. Brian Brennan sees America's changing demographics at his church every Sunday. His congregation at the Church of St. John the Evangelist is gaining numbers of immigrants from across the world who speak multiple languages and enjoy their own cultural traditions.
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What is the Office of Cultural Diversity? (The Springfield News-Leader)
Springfield Public Schools' Office of Cultural Diversity works with school personnel "to provide support and intervention services designed to enhance the academic achievement and personal development of under-represented populations of students."
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The End of Cross Cultural News
Cross Cultural news has now been running for a few years and has become extremely successful. We get over 4,000 ...
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Moscow is most expensive place for expatriates to live
Moscow is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second consecutive year, according to annual research. A study ...
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Czech Republic: Demand for translation services grows
Most translation service companies in the Czech Republic have reported a year-on-year growth in demand of dozens of percent this ...
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Word of the Day: disquisition
disquisition \dis-kwuh-ZISH-uhn\, noun: A formal discourse on a subject. Hence, although the publisher calls Mr. Roth's work "An Essay on ...
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CILT: Standards in Intercultural Skills
In the global economy, all sectors of UK industry and service provision are now required to operate in multicultural environments, ...
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Bridging the Culture Gap in the Legal field
So many countries, so many rules for attorneys to follow..... Globalization of the legal world has led more lawyers to ...
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Why Language Matters on Global Websites
A European Parliament draft report notes that only 6% of consumers buy from websites outside their home countries. One-third who ...
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Multicultural market research series
In 2004 and 2005, Common Sense Advisory released a series of multicultural market research reports. Now, the research firm has ...
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GALA to have major presence at Localization World Berlin
The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), an international nonprofit association that encourages local communication as an indispensable component to a ...
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First International Diversity Summer School
Invitation for the First International Diversity Summer School – Vienna, 9.-13. July 2007 The First international Diversity Summer School is ...
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Word of the day: clamber
clamber \KLAM-buhr; KLAM-uhr\, intransitive verb: 1. To climb with difficulty, or on all fours; to scramble. noun: 1. The act ...
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'Cultural packs' could teach immigrants to queue
Immigrants should be given "cultural briefing packs" when they move to the UK, an official report will say today. The ...
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Country-and-language-specific websites
Organizations are finding that the use of multiple languages and translations can be a competitive differentiator, particularly with websites designed ...
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Word of the day: proselytize
proselytize \PROS-uh-luh-tyz\, intransitive verb: 1. To induce someone to convert to one's religious faith. 2. To induce someone to join ...
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Cultural and Linguistic Competence Conference
Thrive and the Division of Children’s Behavioral Health Services are co-sponsoring “Achieving the Promise: Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Maine” ...
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Intercultural Videos on Youtube
Today we decided to have a look at Youtube to see what videos relating to intercultural matters have been uploaded. ...
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