Soweto, 22 years after the killings
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The actions of the thousands of black pupils in Soweto, South Africa, who marched in protest against the inequalities in the education system on Jun 16, 1976, have not served to improve education in South Africa. There are serious problems with teenage pregnancies, drugs and inadequate funding, and teachers have threatened to strike because the government has been considering reducing their numbers in order to release money for books and buildings. It seems that those who died on Jun 16, 1976, did so in vain.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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The rising sun aims for the Moon
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Japan hopes to place a domestically manufactured unmanned spacecraft on the Moon during the first quarter of the 21st century, and eventually to undertake a manned mission to the Moon. It has already made more than 100 launches over the last 28 years, but its space programme has attracted relatively little international attention. This is probably because it has undertaken no manned space flights.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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The women's war
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The activities of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) are discussed. RAWA is mainly active among the 2 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where its initiatives include co-educational schools. It also educates women and children secretly in Afghanistan.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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