Bangladesh Cricket
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different times. State owned TV Station (SLRC) operates 24 hours. Cricket matches ... cricket, rugby, table tennis, badminton, karate, sailing. Water sports and scuba diving ... [Read More]
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Because of Harare's moderate climate, outdoor sports opportunities abound. Local clubs play cricket, rugby, softball, and soccer. Golf courses and tennis courts (and instruction in both) are plentiful. ... [Read More]
Malaysia
In April 4 of the over 50 Islamic opposition party members who were arrested in 1997 when they demonstrated in protest of an Israeli team's participation at an international cricket championship were ordered to testify in their own defense. In November each of the 4 was given a sentence of either 1 month in jail or a fine of $400 (15,000 ringgit). Three chose jail time and one chose to pay the fine. The three serving jail time were released in early December after serving abbreviated sentences. Charges against the others were dropped in 1999. ... [Read More]
Fulbrighters Abroad – Personal Accounts of Global Experiences
I arrived the morning that classes began, and my contact on the faculty kindly took me in hand, and with the help of the staff, began to arrange administrative details for my lectures. The secretary found me a classroom, and the computer staff set me up with the computer and projector in the classroom. At 2:00, when the class was to start, I was at the front of the 90-seat auditorium, Power Point slides at the ready, dry-erase marker in hand, heart racing, ready to lecture. However, I was completely alone. You could have heard a cricket chirp in there. Did I have no students at all? Was I going to deliver 10 weeks of lectures to an empty classroom? ... [Read More]
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Comments: Indoor heated swimming pool, playing field, cricket nets, tennis court, basketball court, multi-purpose auditorium, three ICT labs, three science labs, one music studio, audio-visual rooms, two art studios, library with internet facilities, full range of sports and extra-curricular activities. ... [Read More]
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Doordarshan, the local government-run TV, telecasts in color on the PAL system. One or two channels can be seen in major cities. Classical Indian music, melodramatic Hindi movies/serials, political debates, and educational instruction are interspersed with cricket matches, edited coverage of Parliament, and old English-language movies. ... Among the sports activities to be enjoyed in and around Delhi are golf, tennis, bowling, badminton, horseback riding, polo, swimming, yoga and softball. Spectator sports include horse racing, polo, cricket, soccer, field hockey, and school sports. ... [Read More]
Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment
The Government of Guyana provided training to community leaders on how to use existing laws to address TIP and co-sponsored, with the International Organization for Migration, training for community leaders on how to identify TIP and assist victims. Guyanese officials initiated contact with Suriname officials on a trans-border case involving trafficked minors and worked with UNICEF on victim identification and assistance and production of TIP educational materials. A new and much-needed draft TIP law was introduced to the National Assembly in October. A Special Unit was created within the Women's Affairs Bureau to identify and rescue victims and two young trafficking victims received assistance in a trans-border case still under investigation. Guyana’s anti-TIP coordinator, Minister of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Shaddick, led a town hall meeting initiative in the Port Kaituma area in July and the Government distributed public service announcement materials that were air ... [Read More]
Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons
Memorandum of Justification Consistent with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Regarding Determinations with Respect to "Tier 3" Countries The President has made determinations regarding the ten countries placed on Tier 3 of the State Department’s 2004 annual Trafficking in Persons Report. His determinations impose sanctions on Burma, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, North Korea, Sudan and Venezuela. The United States will not provide funding for participation by officials or employees of the Governments of Burma, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan in educational and cultural exchange programs until such a government complies with the Act’s minimum standards to combat trafficking or makes significant efforts to do so. The United States will not provide certain non-humanitarian, non-trade-related assistance to the Governments of Equatorial Guinea and Venezuela. The determinations al ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Guyana is a country of origin, transit, and destination for young women and children trafficked primarily for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Much of the trafficking takes place in remote areas of the country’s interior, or involves Amerindian girls from the interior trafficked to coastal areas to engage in prostitution and involuntary domestic servitude. Girls promised employment as domestics, waitresses, and bar attendants are trafficked into prostitution; young Amerindian men are exploited under forced labor conditions in timber camps. Guyanese girls and young women are trafficked for sexual exploitation to Suriname and other countries in the region such as Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela. Most foreign victims come from bordering regions of Brazil, and may be trafficked through Guyana to Suriname. The Government of Guyana does not fully comply with t ... [Read More]
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