Prague - Roma children continue to suffer discrimination in the Czech Republic's schools, a year after the Europe's human rights court ruled that their segregation was unlawful, a Roma rights group said Thursday.
The Budapest-based European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) said a survey of 20 so-called practical elementary schools, which provide education to disabled children, showed that Roma children were overrepresented in such schools.
In a landmark verdict for the Roma activists, the European Human Rights Court ruled in Strasbourg a year ago that segregating the Roma children in such schools amounted to unlawful discrimination.
Shanghai - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claimed his third revenge win in two months over Novak Djokovic as he produced a 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 Gold group comeback to spoil the Serbs hopes for a perfect record on Thursday at the Masters Cup.
The 23-year-old Tsonga is out of consideration for a semi-final spot, but earned a moral victory over the man who beat him in the Australian Open final in January. Djokovic ended with a 2-1 mark.
Berlin - Germany slumped into a recession for the first time in five years, official data released Thursday showed, amid signs that a global economic downturn was taking hold.
Europe's biggest economy shrank by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2008, after it contracted 0.4 per cent in the three months to the end of June, the Federal Statistics Office said.
Guwahati, Nov. 13 (ANI): People in Assam became aware of many educational and social projects during the visit of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
President Patil during her five-day visit inaugurated several infrastructural and developmental projects in the region.
In the first leg of her visit, President Patil was in Assam. She laid foundation stone of the Tezpur Medical College. Just a few months ago Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had inaugurated the Jorhat Medical College.
Kuwait City - Kuwait halted trading in its stock exchange on Thursday after traders demanded action to stop major losses, the country's trade minister and its state news agency said.
The halt in trading came after a court order on Thursday.
Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmad Baqer told Al-Arabiya TV that trading could resume on Sunday.
The station showed footage of traders protesting at the stock exchange.
Prague - Roma children continue to suffer discrimination in the Czech Republic's schools, a year after the Europe's human rights court ruled that their segregation was unlawful, a Roma rights group said Thursday.
Shanghai - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claimed his third revenge win in two months over Novak Djokovic as he produced a 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 Gold group comeback to spoil the Serbs hopes for a perfect record on Thursday at the Masters Cup.
Berlin - Germany slumped into a recession for the first time in five years, official data released Thursday showed, amid signs that a global economic downturn was taking hold.
Guwahati, Nov. 13 (ANI): People in Assam became aware of many educational and social projects during the visit of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
Kuwait City - Kuwait halted trading in its stock exchange on Thursday after traders demanded action to stop major losses, the country's trade minister and its state news agency said.
