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I LIVE and work in Burnley now, but my early impressions of the town are from just outside. (30/07/2010 12:02:56)
http://www.burnleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=12&articleid=6449211

A group behind Southampton's mela may not be included in the city's new £7.2m arts complex.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/news/uk-england-hampshire-10806970

Key facts, figures and dates
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/991960.stm

Hamish Mykura and Angela Jain among those affected by decision to remove controllers Channel 4 has scrapped the position of channel controller, affecting high-profile figures including More4's Hamish Mykura and E4's Angela Jain, and boosted its programming budget by £50m as TV advertising revenues continue to recover. The boost in budget, which will take Channel 4's programming clout back to ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/27/channel-4-channel-controller-budget

The UK government's rejection of a damning Commons report on homeopathy leaves Martin Robbins baffled and depressed The government has released its eagerly anticipated response to the Science and Technology Committee's Evidence Check on Homeopathy and, incredibly, it's even worse than I thought it would be. The verdict is "business as usual", with the main recommendations of the committee ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jul/27/choice-fetish-homeopathy-policy

THE cultural group behind Southampton’s popular Mela festival is demanding a place in the city’s new art complex after it put up a £750,000 lottery grant only to see itself written out of the plans.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/8298573.Art_Asia_concern_over_new_home/?ref=rss

A season of sex is being planned by the BBC. Such an idea inevitably risks the wrath of moral guardians, as well as the snorts of critics who might think it sensationalist and unoriginal. So if you're going to do it, make sure you have the hot writer of the moment signed up for the project.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/agent-provocateur-bbcs-head-of-drama-plans-plenty-o...

The hope that greeted US President Barack Obama's speech has turned into disappointment as people realised that turning promises into reality is not easy to achieve.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=40251

David Cameron is right. It is important that we do not lose the support of a state which is almost unique in its bridging of East and West, argues Charlotte Bettley.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/7912987/Turkeys-EU-membership-coul...

Racial and ethnic disparities remain a challenge for patients in the U.S. health care system, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in an updated paper released today. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Updated 2010, an update to a policy paper that was originally released in 2003, outlines recommendations on how to close the gap between racial and ethnic minority patients and ...
http://mnt.to/f/3GDt

Cross Cultural news has now been running for a few years and has become extremely successful. We get over 4,000 ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-20-2007_06-21-2007.html#4332

Ethnic underrepresentation creates a host of problems for the American higher education community. One of the most serious is whether ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4331

Moscow is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second consecutive year, according to annual research. A study ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4330

Most translation service companies in the Czech Republic have reported a year-on-year growth in demand of dozens of percent this ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4329

disquisition \dis-kwuh-ZISH-uhn\, noun: A formal discourse on a subject. Hence, although the publisher calls Mr. Roth's work "An Essay on ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4328

In the global economy, all sectors of UK industry and service provision are now required to operate in multicultural environments, ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4327

So many countries, so many rules for attorneys to follow..... Globalization of the legal world has led more lawyers to ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4326

A European Parliament draft report notes that only 6% of consumers buy from websites outside their home countries. One-third who ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4325

In 2004 and 2005, Common Sense Advisory released a series of multicultural market research reports. Now, the research firm has ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4324

The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), an international nonprofit association that encourages local communication as an indispensable component to a ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4323

Invitation for the First International Diversity Summer School – Vienna, 9.-13. July 2007 The First international Diversity Summer School is ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4322

China has censored part of the latest installment of hit Hollywood movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" for "vilifying and defacing ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4321

clamber \KLAM-buhr; KLAM-uhr\, intransitive verb: 1. To climb with difficulty, or on all fours; to scramble. noun: 1. The act ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4320

Immigrants should be given "cultural briefing packs" when they move to the UK, an official report will say today. The ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4319

Hamburg English started down the road of online testing specifically aimed at international companies wishing to measure employee and job ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4318

Carlos Ghosn, as president of both Renault and the Renault Foundation, has signed a partnership agreement with the Ecole Ecole ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4317

Organizations are finding that the use of multiple languages and translations can be a competitive differentiator, particularly with websites designed ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4316

proselytize \PROS-uh-luh-tyz\, intransitive verb: 1. To induce someone to convert to one's religious faith. 2. To induce someone to join ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4315

Thrive and the Division of Children’s Behavioral Health Services are co-sponsoring “Achieving the Promise: Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Maine” ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4314

Today we decided to have a look at Youtube to see what videos relating to intercultural matters have been uploaded. ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4313