· April, 2006

Stories about Youth from April, 2006

Japan: Private education

Lee at Tokyo Times ‘pokes’ a little fun at the opening this past weekend of Kaiyo Academy, an all-boys boarding school modeled after Britain's Eton College.

11 April 2006

Armenia: Korfball Trophies

Zarchka updates readers on the performance of the Armenian youth korfball at the recent world tournament at which they took two trophies, but not necessarily the ones they hoped for.

7 April 2006

Jamaica: Sex tape cover up

Prominent Jamaican citizens are said to be “starring” in sex tapes found at the Kingston home of former ambassdor Peter King, who was murdered back in March. “The clout wielded...

6 April 2006

Palestine: Palestinian Child Day

This year, the circumstances surrounding Palestinian Child Day are no different – our children continue to feel the pain of occupation. Israeli forces continue to deprive children of their right...

6 April 2006

China: Unexplained deaths

The Opposite End of China gathers coverage of last week's discovery of 121 skulls in a forest in northwestern China's Gansu province which tests show belonged to women and children....

6 April 2006

Russia: How Russians View Stalin

W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile writes on how today's Russians perceive Stalin: “The attitude I have witnessed seems to be: ‘Yep, Stalin was bad, but that was a long...

6 April 2006

Eritrea: Including the youth

EMDHR writing on Eritrea comments on the government's treatment of the youth in the country. As they represent the future the government should apply a more inclusive policy towards the...

6 April 2006

Indonesian links

Indonesian tech blogs Daily babblings! and Enda Quicklinks have links to an article on online identity and anonymity, a blog on parenting and fashion and a blog where you can...

5 April 2006

Afghanistan: Children

Afghan reality says according to a Unicef report, Afghanistan remains a country where 600 children under the age of five die every day, mostly from preventable causes.

5 April 2006

Kyrgyzstan: Student Blog

Kyrgyzstan Student Blog has a new post with four short essays on what the future holds, Kyrgyzstan's youth, keeping Bishkek clean, and crime problems.

5 April 2006

Chilean Inexplicable Traditions

Photo by nstark This is your first day in university. You feel all the expectations in your skin. You feel proud of your self because you passed the national test,...

5 April 2006