Indonesia Favors Bahasa Over English In All Schools

When Indonesian nationalist took independence from Dutch rule in 1928, it has chosen Bahasa as the national language out of the countless ethnic groups with different dialects and culture that Indonesia has.

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Japan Bracing To Resolve Low Population Growth

Japan is experiencing low birth rate, an aging population and it will come soon generally, a decline in population.

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On DNA Samples – The Right To Information Is What Donors Wanted

There’s a gap between scientist and donors who happen to be the Havasupai Indians in the Grand Canyon over the handling of their DNA samples taken from them some years back where permission was obtained other than finding a solution for type 2 diabetes which the Indians are in high rates.

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Is Personal Privacy No Longer That Important?

There’s a number of web start ups aim to help people indulge their urge to divulge about themselves, from site like Blippy which used to broadcast people’s activities; to Skimble, an iPhone application that people used to reveal of how they had spent their time; to Foursquare, a mobile social network that allows people to announce their precise location to the world; Swipely a site similar to Blippy; and others.

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Is The Roman Catholic Church Now Ready For Transparency?

With the recent sex scandal the Roman Catholic church is facing, it is a clear issue of a communication breakdown within the church itself of not defining its stand per se in handling pedophile bishops and priests within its hierarchy.

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