Aung San Suu Kyi is known for her fight to protect the rights of the people of Burma. She grew up with her mother and siblings, as her father was killed when she was very young. Suu Kyi spent most of her early adulthood attending college. She also met her husband during that time. Suu Kyi and her husband settled in New Oxford and had two children. (more…)

The Swiss referendum against the construction of new minarets caused a lot of criticism from all over Europe. Debates started, whether referendums are suitable to decide on difficult topics. Could highly complex questions be answered by direct democracy or would it be better to count on expert knowledge? Is the Swiss referendum representative for a European Union where the population seems to fear the expansion of muslim religion?

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