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Following his meeting with priests and families in the cathedral of Ancona, Benedict XVI travelled by car to the city's Piazza del Plebiscito where he addressed a group of young engaged couples gathered there to greet him.

With nearly 800 million people unable to read or write, the United Nations today marked International Literacy Day with a warning that illiteracy undermines efforts to eliminate a host of social ills such as poverty and sickness and threatens the very stability of nations.

For high-school graduates, the start of college can be an exciting and challenging time. Big decisions are made on the right college to attend, a place to live and academic course load. One thing constant during this transition is TRICARE coverage.

Ironically, it was also in July that a different kind of e-mail reached my box from Cambodia from a young Khmer, an Internet reader of my columns – I called him Sambath for his security. He is a Bachelor's degree holder in political science from a foreign country. He used to write in his e-mails while he was in school that "the education of political culture and socialization of Cambodians is necessary to bring change."

In this discussion on youth, education, and Cambodia's future, topics in vogue today, I would like to introduce some brief theoretical concepts about perceptions and reality; follow with what some regular Cambodians (whom I have not met) write; and examine some observations and survey results by several organizations. My purpose is to provoke discussion about the present situation in Cambodia.

Student pours organic dressing on a salad at UC Berkeley dining commons.

Sabin feels empowered

A child looks out of a window from a bus that serves as a school in India

Nearly a year ago, I made the move from Virginia to Maryland and enrolled my children in their new school.

Campers Mary Church and Jimmy Cong use their sense of smell to detect whether a chemical reaction has taken place.