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Inclusion in Times of Distancing: e-Conference on National Day for Students with Learning Difficulties

In line with the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and on the occasion of the 8th annual ‘National Day of Students with Learning Difficulties,' the British Council and the SKILD Center in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) organized a unique e-Conference that joined over 900 participants from 17 different countries to address “Inclusion in Times of Distancing”.

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Ramadan on Collision Course with Virus for Asia's Muslims

Across Asia, home to about half of the world's Muslims, the coming Islamic holy month of Ramadan is on a collision course with the coronavirus pandemic as clerics call on the faithful to cram into mosques.

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Virus Fears Keep Orthodox Easter Worshipers at Home

More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, with church leaders asking worshipers to stay at home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus.

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Dead, Ill, Recovered: Celebrities Hit by COVID-19

From world leaders and royals to sports stars and artists, the coronavirus has hit millions around the world, including the rich and famous. 

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Pope Prays for Lockdown Victims of Domestic Abuse

Pope Francis prayed Monday for the growing number of women subjected to domestic abuse while living under coronavirus lockdown.

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Pope to Livestream Easter Mass to Locked Down World

Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world's 1.3 billion Catholics to celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus lockdown.

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Muted Easter Sunday at Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulcher

A handful of priests celebrated Easter on Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

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Pope Guides Locked-Down World through Virtual Easter

Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown.

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In Jerusalem, Christians Mark a Somber Easter

Eggs on the table and a toy rabbit on the dresser -- with a few decorations, Palestinian Christian Sawsan Bitar attempts to salvage some normality from an Easter overshadowed by coronavirus.

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Is This the End of Civilization as We Know It?

"The world will never be the same again," has been the oft-repeated refrain since the coronavirus brought the global economy to a juddering halt.

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