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<DIV><FONT size=4>Amici atque Collegae,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>You may or may not know that the Finns,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>- who as usual have just scored top marks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>for education, alongside South Korea</FONT></DIV>
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2009 results</A></H4>
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2009 results - Korea and Finland top OECD’s latest PISA survey of education
performance.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>- also publish the news in Latin. See below.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Season's greetings to one and all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidanus</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3>Aidan
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB>Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A href="http://yle.fi/radio1/tiede/nuntii_latini/">http://yle.fi/radio1/tiede/nuntii_latini/</A></FONT></DIV>
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inter Coreas</A></H2>
<P style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153); FONT-SIZE: 14px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=published>JULKAISTU 26.11.2010 KLO 10.17</P><A style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(229,2,120); FONT-SIZE: 14px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" href="http://yle.fi/radio1/tiede/nuntii_latini/conflictus_inter_coreas_27037.html"><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; WIDTH: 220px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 14px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=image-right title="Nuntii Latini. Photo: YLE" alt="Nuntii Latini. Photo: YLE" src="http://yle.fi/radio1/tiede/nuntii_latini/kuvat/id27037-kuva1.jpg"></A>
<P style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 14px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial"><STRONG>Die
Martis (23.11.) non multum aberat, quin in paenisula Corea bellum perniciosum
exardesceret. Conflictus initium cepit, cum Coreani Septentrionales circiter
ducenta proiectilia in insulam Yeonpyeong emiserunt, ubi Coreani Meridiani
exercitationem militarem agebant. Impetu ex inopinato facto saltem duo milites
mortui et tres cives vulnerati sunt.</STRONG></P>
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