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Star Wars: may the force be with them

Stories and News No. 826 Today a new chapter in the saga of Star Wars debuts on the big screen. Star Wars, a modern fairy tale among the most popular and long-lived. As the true reality of many missed viewers. With anxious hearts and dreamy eyes... We believe. It is all right, all right. We take everything and we do not exclude anything. We cannot do otherwise. No, please, leave home the 3D and all sorts of necessary effect to distort the image as much as you need. To make us believe. Since we believe it even before entering the cinema. Look, we do not go at all, so we save money, of course, and the usual disappointments. Because the movies, especially good ones, have contraindications as the rare happy moments do. There are less and less and last for too little. We believe in each fantastic tale you will tell us. Because we desperately need all that. Every tomorrow and lasting forever. So we will not need to touch the wounds to trust. We do not need any scienti...

Child victims of war and the subjects of the remaining school

Stories and News No. 781 According to UNICEF, the wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Sudan deprived of education 13.7 million children... One day, normal, but different. It’s morning. Very soon, much earlier when you should look for light. There is one of them that gets up from the place he may call bed. He rubs his eyes. In vain. Because that is all true. Dream and nightmare effortlessly mingle, because no one ever taught the difference. This is the remaining school. Essential, frugal of advices, but it has its subjects. Mathematics is always the most difficult, even in the page to quickly turn in the great book of worldly things. Numeracy is learned very early and the teachers are many. Everyone, let's say. All feel entitled to interrogate you, to put you to the test. It’s an examination without end. This is war, a test that has a very clear start time, written on the blackboard in large letters, so unwieldy, that there is no room for anything. Let alone...