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In China, the education system puts great emphasis on rote memorization. And students of all ages take lots and lots of exams.
Development & Education
It is amazing what happens when you tell kids they are more than their grades and test scores
On Ramadan, the main roads of Jisr az-Zarqa are speckled with stands selling freshly fried felafel, bright pickles and fluffy pitas. Jewish Israelis who visited on a recent tour came to taste the flavors of the Ramadan month.
Lifestyle & Belief
One casualty of the Israeli-Hamas conflict are Ramadan tours that bring Jews and Muslims together
Palestinians sit outside their house that is located opposite to the house of top Hamas political leader Mahmoud Zahar which police said was targeted in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City
Conflict & Justice
How did the Gaza Strip become one of the most hopeless places on Earth?
Palestinians sit outside their house that is located opposite to the house of top Hamas political leader Mahmoud Zahar which police said was targeted in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City
Conflict & Justice
How did the Gaza Strip become one of the most hopeless places on Earth?
Business, Economics and Jobs
If you like fishing, prepare to pay a little more for your worms this year
Business, Economics and Jobs
If you like fishing, prepare to pay a little more for your worms this year
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdish Iraq, the fight against ISIS isn’t just for men
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdish Iraq, the fight against ISIS isn’t just for men
U.S. actor George Clooney smiles as he arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of "Gravity" at the 70th Venice Film Festival in Venice August 28, 2013. Clooney and Sandra Bullock star in Alfonso Cuaron movie "Gravity" which debuts at the festival.
Arts, Culture & Media
George Clooney turns the tables on the British tabloid The Daily Mail
USS Frank E. Evans
Conflict & Justice
US military rules have kept the names of 74 sailors off the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Schoolchildren in Haryana, India eat rice and kadhi, a curry made with onions, garlic, yogurt and fritters made with chick pea flour.
Lifestyle & Belief
India’s school lunch program may be imperfect, but it deserves credit for feeding millions
Cooks Beddo and Bimla, make rotis (a wheat flat bread) at a government school in a village called Bawani Khera, in south central Haryana. The menu for the day is roti and a vegetable dish.
Lifestyle & Belief
Here’s why kids — and parents — in India love the country’s school lunch program