Archive for February, 2005
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Kyrgyzstan: Seeds for a Poor Harvest
In the Soviet era, a student from Central Asia who wanted to study international law would have had to compete with thousands if not tens of thousands of other students […]
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Albania: In the Bleak Midwinter
TIRANA, Albania | On the third floor of a dirty, marble-faced building that hosts two hostile educational trade unions, the newspaper of the ruling Socialist Party, and a bingo hall, […]
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Bulgaria: The Schools that Aren’t Schools
SOFIA, Bulgaria | The imam may have traveled halfway across Bulgaria to meet us, but his first concern as he arrives at Sofia’s bus station is clear: “I hope you’re […]
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