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San Juan -
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on Wednesday that he would support Puerto Rico for statehood if only it makes English its main language.
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London -
More than a chat and call service, Skype is now being used to teach English at various levels and across any geographic/political boundaries. And it costs a lot less than a traditional English teaching class.
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Kabul -
Since the formation of the Taliban, its members detested modern technology and prohibited its fighters from accessing the Internet. But since using the Internet, including Twitter, to speak to the world, they are now doing it in English.
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Saint Paul -
A group of Minnesota Republican State Senators and Representatives have introduced similar legislative bills in the House and the Senate that would make English the official state language. The bills have been called racist and an attack on immigration.
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Just what does it mean to be English? Is there a peculiarly English identity? Academics and filmmakers will gather this week to thrash out this thorny question.
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Havant -
Some members of staff at a UK school will be provided with instruction in how to speak and write, after inspectors said they were setting a bad example for students.
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A Frenchman who had his arms and legs amputated after an electrical accident has become the first limbless person to swim the English Channel.
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Haifa -
The brain’s right hemisphere is not involved in the initial processes of reading in Arabic, due to the graphic complexity of Arabic script. Therefore reading acquisition in Arabic is much harder in comparison to English, researchers have concluded.
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Montreal -
Some Quebec politicians said they feel that there should be more French-speaking players on the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
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Millions of rejected words lie in a vault owned by the Oxford University Press. Although they have not been accepted for print, there is still hope for many of them.
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Is English or Mandarin the language of the future?
A top Italian university switches to English
Sales of English apples have risen by a fifth due to better investment in home-grown crops.
 Jillian Keiley, an award-winning director from St. John's, Newfoundland, has been appointed the new artistic director of the National Arts Centre's English theatre department.
 The English Football Association confirmed Friday that Chelsea defender John Terry has been stripped of his national captaincy "until the allegations against him are resolved."
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