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Americans don't know
NEW YORK: Who's the president of Mexico? What's the name of Canada's prime minister? They may be prominent neighbours, but most Americans apparently don't know their names, reports AP.
Just 2 per cent of respondents to a survey released Wednesday by the New York-based Louis Harris and Associates polling firm could name the Mexican president. Ernesto Zedillo.
Only 1 per cent knew that the Canadian premier is Jean Chretien.
Among Americans with post-graduate degrees, the name recognition improved, but just slightly 14 per cent correctly named Zedillo and 5 per cent named Chretien.
The poll of 1,225 adults was conducted by telephone between April 14 and 20. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The findings emerged in a broader survey that aimed to determine whether American attitudes have changed over NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Thirty-nine per cent of Americans now say they oppose .the trade pact, which has linked the United States, Canada and Mexico since Jan 1. 1994. the poll found. Forty-five per cent had said they opposed NAFTA Just before the US Congress approved it in 1993.
The poll also revealed widespread discontent with the US government's dlrs 20 billion in loan guarantees to help the Mexican economy after the collapse of the peso. Fifty-seven per cent of respondents said they felt the aid package was wrong; 40 per cent said they supported the move.
They believed in life after death
NEW DELHI: Archaeologists, who unearthed a treasure trove from a remote village in Kerala's Kollam district, have said food grains and Iron implements in the pots showed the people who lived there some 3500 years' ago. believed in life after death, reports PTI.
The rich material and organic remains from the Arippa cist burial, point to the fact that the Megalithic people had strong belief in life after death," said Prajendran of Department of History. Kerala University and G L Dadam of Deccan College in the latest issue of "current science".
This observation goes well with evidences received from the burials that belonged to the second and third millennium BC excavated from other parts of the country, they observed.
The excavations carried out in May-June 1993 resulted in the discovery of several pottery items, iron implements, ornaments of gold and copper, skeletal remains of humans and animals, a stone tool and food materials, the article said.
One important aspect of this excavation was the presence of a highly-decomposed skull of a small child.
The occurrence of iron tools, ceramic utensils and ornaments further confirmed their belief that the soul of the dead might be offered most of their belongigs. a belief whose prototype is Mill existing in most of our societies, the archaeologists said.
Doctor indeed!
NEW DEHL1: A man and a woman committed suicide with their 1 O-year-old'son after doctors failed to cure him of an illness that left him spastic, a news agency reported Wednesday, says AP.
The family drank acid and the bodies were found Tuesday in Kalyani. a town in West Bengal state. United News of India said.
In a suicide note found in their home. Dr Nirmal Bhowmick. 45, and his wife. 35-year-old Manasi Bhowmick. said they couldn't bear the agony after learning that their only son was incurable.
The report did not say whether Dr Bhowmick had participated in the treatment his son received.
Another pyramid found in Egypt
CAIRO: A new pyramid has been discovered in Egypt, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Tuesday, says Xinhua.
It said that a French expedition, In collaboration with Egypt s supreme council of antiquities, has discovered the new pyramid in Sakkara area, some 30 kilometres South of Cairo.
There are more than 100 pyramids found so far in the country, with the most promlnrfit three standing in the Giza Plateau in the outskirts of the capital. The pyramids are considered as one of the seven wonders in the world, attracting numerous visitors to the country that boasts a brilliant ancient civilization.