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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>February
2004 </span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3490.txt">Justice
Can't Be Left to Loose Interpretation <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Journal Times</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3491.txt">UNESCO Urges
Teaching from Earliest Age in Indigenous Mother Languages <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Www.UN.Org</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3492.txt">Policy
Points on Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sunday Times (South
Africa), Feb. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3493.txt">Say No
More <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jack Hitt, Feb. 29, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3494.txt">2nd
Language Ruling for Varsity Eased <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sandra Davie, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 29, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3495a.txt">Canadian
Bilingualism Is Still Just A Good Intention <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jeffrey Simpson, The
Globe and Mail, Feb. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3495.txt">Chinese
Language, RIP? No, It's Getting A Whiff of Fresh Air <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Straits Times
(Singapore), Feb. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3496.txt">No
Interest in Settling into Welsh Community <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Emyr Evans, Western Mail,
Feb. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3497.txt">'Pop' and
the Art of Language Teaching <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tan Tarn How, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3498.txt">Second
Chance at Second Language; Children Who Don't Speak Chinese at Home Can
Enjoy Learning the Language... If We Let Them Enjoy the Learning Process <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sharon Loh, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3499.txt">Speaking
of Tongues <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Deborah Smith, Sydney
Morning Herald, Feb. 28, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3500.txt">Bilingualism
Popular to A Point <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Graham Fraser, The
Toronto Star, Feb. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3501.txt">Gaelic
Impetus Falls off After Primary Years <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Times Educational
Supplement, Feb. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3502.txt">How to Sow
the Seeds of A Foreign Language <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Glynis Rumley, The Times
Educational Supplement, Feb. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3503.txt">Sun May
Set on English Language, Experts Say <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Randolph E. Schmid,
Associated Press, Feb. 27, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3504.txt">Are
Teachers Able to Use English to Teach Chinese? <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lynette Carolyn Ee Su Yin
(Mdm), The Straits Times (Singapore), Feb. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3505.txt">Bunscoil
Pioneers Software as Gaelige <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Irish News, Feb. 26, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3506.txt">France
Offers Moliere to New Europe France Fights Back in EU Language Battle <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Stephen Castle in
Brussels, The Independent, Feb. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3507.txt">Linguists
Stress for Giving Early Education in Mother-Languageduring Seminar to Mark
Unesco's International Mother Language Day <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pakistan Press
International Information Services Limited, Feb. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3508.txt">Pansalb
Calls for Promotion of Languages <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>SAPA (South African Press
Association), Feb. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3509.txt">Share of
People Who Are Native English Speakers Declining <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Associated Press, Feb.
26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3510.txt">Tribunal Delivers
Blow to English Education: Limits Rules under Canada Clause. Manitoban Who
Went to French Immersion Can't Put Kid in English School in Quebec <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>William Johnson, The
Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Feb. 26, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3511a.txt">Blackfoot
Schools Tackle Language Dispute <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Emily Jones, Idaho State
Journal, Feb. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3511.txt">Multi
Million Pound Boost for Welsh Language <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Carmarthen Journal, Feb.
25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3512.txt">New Kind
of Service <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Blacktown Advocate
(Australia), Feb. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3513.txt">Partnership
Aims to Save Native Indian Language <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Vancouver Sun
(British Columbia), Feb. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3514.txt">Tanzania
Supports Use of English in Higher Schools Teaching <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Xinhua General News Service,
Feb. 25, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3515.txt">A
Language by Women, for Women; Scholars Try to Save Unique Chinese Script <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Edward Cody, Washington
Post Foreign Service, Feb. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3516.txt">Bajau to
Be Offered as Language Subject in School <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>New Straits Times
(Malaysia), Feb. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3517.txt">Critics
Assail Scholars Article Arguing That Hispanic Immigration Threatens U.S. <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Glenn, The
Chronicle Of Higher Education, Feb. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3518.txt">More
Schools to Use English in Chinese Classes <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Yvonne Koh, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3519.txt">Russia
Sends Books to Russian-Language Schools in Tajikistan <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Galina Gridneva and Valery
Zhukov, TASS, Feb. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3520.txt">Theater
to Have Subtitles in Spanish for 'Passion' <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Arizona Republic,
Feb. 24, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3521.txt">Bajau
Language, Association Gets Positive Responce from Ministry <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Bernama the Malaysian
National News Agency, Feb. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3522.txt">Language
Barriers Have Played Role in 10 Major Plane Accidents <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ken Kaye, South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, Feb. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3523.txt">Plan to
Offer Malay Interface for Windows <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Shyla Sangaran, New
Straits Times - Computimes (Malaysia), Feb. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3524.txt">Software
Developers Plan Meet on Tamil Language Computing <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>K. Ramachandran, The
Hindu, Feb. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3525.txt">Ttag
Wants Ghanaian Languages Taken Serious... <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Accra Mail (Ghana)
– Aagm, Feb. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3526.txt">Uganda; Ng'akarimojong
to Be Examinable at S.4 <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Monitor, Africa News,
Feb. 23, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3527.txt">Ceasefire
in Language War <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jeanne Van Der Merwe,
Sunday Times (South Africa), Feb. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3528.txt">Major
Review to Teach Chinese Better <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tracy Quek, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3529.txt">Speakers
for Introduction of Mother Tongues at Primary Level <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pakistan Press
International Information Services Limited, Feb. 22, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3530.txt">Bangladesh
Marks Language Campaign Anniversary <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Feb. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3531.txt">Choosing
Spanish or French Is Less Important for Students than Learning another
Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>William Stormont,
Financial Times (London, England), Feb. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3532.txt">Committee
to Review Teaching of Chinese in Schools at All Levels <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Channel Newsasia, Feb.
21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3533.txt">Concern
over Punjabi Language Paper <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>New Straits Times
(Malaysia), Feb. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3534.txt">Letter to
the Editor <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Los Angeles Times,
Stephen Krashen, Feb. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3535.txt">New
Immigrants Get Break on MCAS Test <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jared Stearns and Suzanne
Sataline, The Boston Globe, Feb. 21. 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3536.txt">S. Mtn.
Puts Bilingual Nursing on Fast Track <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Carol Sowers, The Arizona
Republic, Feb. 21, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3537.txt">All
Alberta Students to Study Second Language <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Paula Ogonoski, Fort Mcmurray
Today (Alberta, Canada), Feb. 20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3538.txt">Champion
of the Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Adi Bloom, The Times
Educational Supplement, Feb. 20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3539.txt">China
Looks to India to Learn English <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Economic Times, Feb.
20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3540.txt">Irish
Language 'Foreign' to Some <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Irish Times, Feb. 20,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3541.txt">New Survey
Shows Language Barriers Prevent Immigrant Parents from More Involvement in
Kids' Education <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Maura Fogarty, New York,
Feb 20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3542.txt">Translations
for Students' Parents Sought <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Elissa Gootman, The New
York Times, Feb. 20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3543.txt">Washington's
Arabic TV Effort Gets Mixed Reviews <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Neil Macfarquhar, New
York Times, Feb 20, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3544.txt">Action
Group's Lesson in Language <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Echo (Free Suburban),
Feb. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3545.txt">AG:
Public Schools Not Exempt from Prop. 203 <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Bill Donovan, Navajo Times,
Feb. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3546.txt">Euro
No-Speak <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Guardian, Feb. 19,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3547.txt">Feds Ease
Testing and Progress Requirements for Limited-English Students <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Associated Press, The
Arizona Republic, Feb. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3548.txt">Parents
Tongue- Tied <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Carl Campanile, New York
Post, Feb. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3549.txt">Schools
Get Head Start in English Immersion <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Katheleen Conti, The
Boston Globe, Feb. 19. 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3550a.txt">Study of
Early- Years Reading in US Backs Bilingual Approach <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Max De Lotbiniere, The
Guardian, Feb. 19, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3550.txt">Feds
Probe Tech School on English-only Stance <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Justin Juozapavicius, The
Arizona Republic, Feb. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3551.txt">Language
Students Working for Army in Iraq <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tim Ross, Press
Association, Feb. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3552.txt">Macmillan
India Plans Foray into Regional Language Text Books <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Press Trust Of India,
Feb. 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3553.txt">Schools
Seek Private Firms to Teach Foreign Tongues <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Patricia R. Olsen, New
York Times, Feb 18, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3554.txt">English
is A Blight on Young Kids <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Chen Shu-Chin ???, Taipei
Times, Feb. 17, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3555.txt">Rise of
Arabic in US Speaks Volumes for War on Terror: In the Third of A New
Column on the Links Between Business, Culture and Politics, Betty Liu
Meets Arabic-Speaking Americans <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Betty Liu, Financial
Times (London, England), Feb. 17, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3556.txt">An
Insolent Puppet Roils Canadian Politics <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Clifford Krauss, New York
Times, Feb 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3557.txt">Half of
All Languages Face Extinction This Century <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Will Knight,
Newscientist.Com News Service, Feb. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3558.txt">Language
Lessons in Mother Tongue <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey,
The Economic Times Feb, 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3559.txt">Latvian
Authorities Scrutinize Russian Textbooks <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Feb. 16, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3560.txt">Court
Interpreters to Undergo Evaluations with Spanish-Speaking Population
Booming, State to Certify Translators <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Doege, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, Feb 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3561.txt">Morocco
Publishes First Berber Language Text Book for Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>MAP news agency, BBC
Monitoring International Reports, Feb. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3562.txt">New St.
Albert French Program <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Edmonton Journal
(Alberta), Feb. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3563.txt">Racial
Segregation Led to Birth of Chinese School <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Chuenyan Lai, Times
Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia), Feb. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3564.txt">Spanish
Language Radio Gets Tainted <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Richard Brand, Knight Ridder
Newspapers, Feb. 15, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3565.txt">City
Schools to Teach More French: Board to Regain Powers <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Shawne Mckeown, National
Post (Canada), Feb. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3566.txt">Estonia's
Russian Parties to Defend Russian-Language Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3567.txt">Report
Details Long Road to English-Language Fluency <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Erika Hayasaki, Los
Angeles Times, Feb. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3568.txt">Signing
Infants Help Moms Break Language Barrier <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jodie Sinnema, Edmonton
Journal (Alberta), Feb. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3569.txt">Speaking
But Not Listening <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Christopher Caldwell,
Financial Times (London, England), Feb. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3570.txt">Taiwan to
Ban Kindergarten English Lessons; Schools Will Be Penalised With Fines If
They Fail to Comply With New Ministry Policies over 'Mother Tongue and
Identity' <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>I Ching Ng In Taipei,
South China Morning Post, Feb. 14, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3571.txt">Bilingual
Benefits <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Western Mail, Feb. 13,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3572.txt">Latvia
Adopts Amendments to Education Law <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3573.txt">Latvia
Axes School Classes in Russian, Opposition Keeps Fighting <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>TASS, Feb. 13, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3574.txt">Latvian Govt
Insists on Amendments to Education Law <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3575.txt">Latvian
Opposition to Keep Pressing against Education Reform <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3576.txt">Latvian
President Sanctions Banning Russian Language from Schools <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rosbusinessconsulting
Database, Feb. 13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3577.txt">Rate of
Conflicts between Latvian, Russian Schoolchildren Rises <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
13, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3578.txt">Call to Popularise
Sanskrit <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Hindu, Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3579.txt">Council
Formed to Standardise Chinese Translation - Donald Lim <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Bernama The Malaysian
National News Agency, Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3580.txt">Kyrgyz Ngos
Blast State Language Bill <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Kabar News Agency, BBC
Monitoring International Reports, Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3581.txt">Language
Tests <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tim Culpan, South China
Morning Post, Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3582.txt">New Link
Aims to Bring Ukrainian to Life for Students <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jodie Sinnema, Edmonton
Journal (Alberta), Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3583.txt">One-Third
of Chinese Students Would Drop Mandarin If Allowed <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Deutsche Presse-Agentur,
Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3584.txt">One Third
of Singapore's Students Want to Drop Mandarin Classes: Report <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3585.txt">Pupils
Interest in Czech Lessons Rising in Lower Austria <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Thr, Ctk National News
Wire, Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3586.txt">Seven in
10 Will Not Drop Chinese; Survey of Secondary Students Finds 95% Proud of
Their Ability to Speak It, But A Third Would Drop It, Given the Chance <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Yvonne Koh, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3587.txt">Youngsters
Taught to Mind Their Language!. <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>UK Newsquest Regional
Press, Feb. 12, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3588.txt">Latvian
Pres Refuses to Meet With Students of Russian Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
11, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3589.txt">Welsh
Language Uni Protest <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>South Wales Evening Post,
Feb. 11, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3590.txt">Latvian
President to Promulgate Controversial Language Law <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Feb. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3591.txt">Latvian
President to Promulgate Controversial Education Law Amendments <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3592.txt">Latvian
President to Promulgate Amendments to Education Law <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3593.txt">Latvian
President to Sign Amendments to Education Law <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3594.txt">Pupils
with Learning Problems Can Do Mother Tongue B from Sec 1 <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Yvonne Koh, The Straits
Times (Singapore), Feb. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3595.txt">Students'
Sit- Down Demo Stops Traffic; Protest at Lack of Welsh Provision at Top
University <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Eryl Crump, Daily Post
(Liverpool), Feb. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3596.txt">Where Are
the Chinese-Speakers of the Future? <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>April Austin, The
Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 10, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3597.txt">Lithuanian
Schools Closed in Poland - Local Lithuanian Press <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3598.txt">School
Integrates Hanyu Pinyin to Help Students Learn Chinese Better <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Channel Newsasia, Feb. 9,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3599.txt">Taiwan
Bars Kindergartens from Offering English Lessons <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Feb. 9, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3600.txt">In Trying
to Wrangle Latino Votes, Presidential Candidates Often Mangle Spanish <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tanya Barrientos, The
Philadelphia Enquirer, Feb. 7, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3601.txt">Bedford's
Not Fully Immersed; Unlike Most of Metro, Area Doesn't Have French
Immersion Guarantee <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hoyle, Brian, The Halifax
Daily News (Nova Scotia), Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3602.txt">Duma
Considers Legal Response to Language Discrimination in Latvia <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>TASS, Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3603.txt">Feature:
Lakota Language Teaching Anchors Indian Culture Revival Indenverby Heike
Schmidt, Dpaeds: Spelling of "Iroquois" Is Correct <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Deutsche Presse-Agentur,
Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3604.txt">Gaelic
Thinks again about Way Forward <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>David Henderson, The
Times Educational Supplement, Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3605.txt">Give us
More Cash to Teach People Welsh <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tom Bodden, Daily Post
(Liverpool), Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3606.txt">Hull
University Wants English Programs out: School Says French Staff Can't
Communicate with Students <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dave Rogers, Ottawa
Citizen, Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3607.txt">Latvian
Education Minister Must Talk to Non-Latvians about Reforms - Newspaper <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>BBC Monitoring
International Reports, Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3608.txt">Murder
Case Language Woes Spark U.S. Probe <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Susan Spencer-Wendel,
Palm Beach Post, Feb 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3609.txt">No Rush
for Easier Option in Mother Tongue; Fears That the B Syllabus Grade Cannot
Be Used for JC Admission One Reason for Few Students Taking Advantage of
Rule Change <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sandra Davie Yvonne Koh,
The Straits Times (Singapore), Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3610.txt">Russian
Foreign Ministry Sharply Criticizes Latvia's Education Law <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3611.txt">Wales Can
Show Us the Way <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Times Educational
Supplement, Feb. 6, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3612.txt">10,000
Russian Schoolchildren Picket President's Palace in Riga <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nil Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3613.txt">Delay in
Language Switch <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Teddy Ng, The Standard,
Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3614.txt">Duma
Speaker Urges Latvia to Keep Russian Language in School Sys <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Robert Serebrennikov,
Diana Rudakova, TASS, Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3615.txt">Latvia:
Schoolchildren Protest Curbing of Russian Education <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Niel Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3616.txt">Latvian Language
Law Controversy Grows As Russian Schoolchildren Protest <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3617.txt">Latvian
Parliament Passes Controversial Education Law - Russian TV <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Channel One TV, BBC
Monitoring International Reports, Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3618.txt">Latvian Partl
Passes Controversial Education Reform Bill <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3619.txt">Latvian
School Reform - "Madness", Says Russian MP <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ekho Moskvy News Agency,
BBC Monitoring International Reports, Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3620.txt">Rally in Defence
of Russian Education Held in Latvia (Adds) <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Niel Ushakov, TASS, Feb.
5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3621.txt">Russian
Schoolchildren Protest against Education Bill in Latvia <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3622.txt">Russian
Students Stage Noisy Protest outside Parliament As Lawmakers Pass New
Language Policy <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Timothy Jacobs, The
Associated Press, Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3623.txt">Seym of
Latvia to Seal Fate of Russia-Language Schoolchildren <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Economic Press Review,
Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3624.txt">Storm
over Language in Latvian Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>United Press
International, Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3625.txt">Study
Finds Resentment in Bilingual Schools <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Nation, The Nation
(Thailand), Feb. 5, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3626.txt">A Big
Step Forward for Language Learning - Twigg - <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hermes Database,
Department for Education and Skills, Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3627.txt">Afghans
Say 'Non' to Canadian Forces: No Takers on French Interpreter Jobs. Troops
Arriving From Quebec Will Get by on Broken English until Translators Found
<font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Les Perreaux, The Gazette
(Montreal, Quebec), Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3628.txt">Duma
Opposes Changes in Latvian Law on Education <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lyudmila Alexandrova,
TASS, Feb, 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3629.txt">Russian
Parliament Criticises Latvian Language Law <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Agence France Presse,
Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3630.txt">Russian
State Duma Threatens to Trouble Relations If Latvia Adopts Minority
Education Reform <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3631.txt">State Duma
Concerned with Fate of Russian Language in Latvia <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rosbusinessconsulting
Database, Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3632a.txt">Study
Gives Advantage to Bilingual Education over Focus on English <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Mary Ann Zehr, Education
Week, Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3632.txt">Teacher
Swap Boosts Spanish Teaching <font color="#000099"><span style='color:
#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Richard Garner, The
Independent (London), Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3633.txt">UCLA to
Open Intensive Korean Language Course <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Korea Times, Feb. 4, 2004</span></i></a>
</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3634.txt">An
Insular State of Mind <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Scott Timberg, Los
Angeles Times, Mar. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3635.txt">Erosion
of French Instruction Worries Catholic Board Parents: Report to Outline,
Recommendations <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Graham Hughes, Ottawa
Citizen, Feb. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3636.txt">Seoul to
Open English Immersion Campus in October <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Choe Yong-Shik, The Korea
Herald, Feb. 3, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3637a.txt">Bilingual
Education Conference Coming to Albuquerque <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Associated Press, Feb. 2,
2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3637.txt">Canuck
Troops Hit Language Barrier; Plea for French Interpreters Unanswered <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>CP, The Ottawa Sun, Feb.
2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3638a.txt">Mandarin
Replacing Cantonese: Chinese-Americans Divided by Language <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Angela Cara Pancrazio,
The Arizona Republic, Feb. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3638.txt">Moscow's Osce
Envoy Blasts Latvia over Its Treatment of Russians <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ria News Agency, BBC
Monitoring International Reports, Feb. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3639.txt">Rap for
English- Only Student Service <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Daily Post (Liverpool),
Feb. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3640.txt">Russian
State Duma Preparing Statement on Latvia's Education Reform <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baltic News Service, Feb.
2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3641.txt">School in
Prague Opens Class for Vietnamese Pupils - Press <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hol, CTK National News
Wire, Feb. 2, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3642.txt">English-Speaking
Minority <font color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The PRS Group/Political
Risk Services, Feb. 1, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3643.txt">New York
Schools on the Upper West Side, Taking Spanish Baby Steps <font
color="#000099"><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Seth Kugel, New York
Times, Feb. 1, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3644.txt">Onion
Lake Ponders Cree Immersion School <font color="#000099"><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'><br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Kristy Lesh, The Lloydminster
Meridian Booster (Alberta, Canada), Feb. 1, 2004</span></i></a> </span></font></li>
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