01 February 2003

Head Start may provide negative knowledge

A new national study found children enter Head Start experience a significant decline in letter recognition and book knowledge after spending a year in Head Start classes. [source]
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French flee Ivory Coast as natives "reward" them for their peace efforts

A crowd of around 5,000 people shouting anti-French slogans and burning the French flag stormed the airport terminal.
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Columbia breaks up on re-entry

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South Korean president pays off North Korean regime

Story. [source]
The independent counsel investigating a huge transfer of money to North Korea was set to seek an arrest warrant for Lee Keun-young, former chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission, for breach of trust yesterday.

Lee served as governor of the Korea Development Bank when the state-run organization extended 400 billion won in loans to Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. in June 2000, violating company credit limits.

Of the loans, 223.5 billion won was sent to North Korea after being changed into U.S. currency immediately before the first-inter-Korean summit was held in Pyongyang in the same month.

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