The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Paris - In the First World War, Sikhs point out, their ancestors wore turbans when they helped the French fight on battlefields. Now, they're enraged by a plan to ban religious attire in French classrooms - and they say that shedding their winding head coverings is unthinkable. France's Sikh population is tiny - from 5,000 to 7,000 in a country of about 60 million. Beijing - China's third suspected SARS case emerged Monday when authorities confirmed the hospitalization of a 35-year-old man who, like the two others, lives in the southern province of Guangdong - a region under orders to move aggressively against the disease. The disclosure comes as China struggles to prevent another outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, the illness that spread from Guangdong last year, sickening thousands worldwide and hobbling the region's economy. Rome - Measures taken by many countries to screen cattle for mad cow disease are not enough to prevent the spread of the infection and reassure consumers, a UN food agency said Monday. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said the discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States in December highlights the need for wider testing programs and the stricter application of preventive measures in countries where the disease is known to be present.
