Article: Myanmar declares Shan ethnic group as outlawed organization

Article: More Shan ethnic rebels surrender weapons to ...
AP Worldstream;  July 25, 2005 ;     309 words ...AP Worldstream 07-25-2005 Dateline: YANGON, Myanmar Two Shan ethnic minority guerrilla factions have surrendered their weapons to Myanmar's military regime, state-run media reported Monday ...

Article: Myanmar opposition condemns secretive sentencing of Shan ...
AP Worldstream;  November 8, 2005 ;     585 words ...AP Worldstream 11-08-2005 Dateline: YANGON, Myanmar An ethnic minority political leader in Myanmar has been handed a lengthy prison sentence for sedition during a secretive court hearing, opposition figures said, casting doubt on the government's desire to implement democratic reforms. Hkun Htun

Article: Prior selection causes biased estimates of standardized ...
Personnel Psychology;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Assessment of standardized ethnic group differences (d) on predictors ... bias" in observed standardized ethnic group difference is substantial (30 ... ratios are low, standardized ethnic group differences on the screening predictor ...

Article: Ethnic group differences in cognitive ability in ...
Personnel Psychology;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... many of the complexities in estimating ethnic group differences in employment settings ... less than Black-White differences. Ethnic group differences on measures of cognitive ... performance related implications of these ethnic group differences. Although the issue of ...

Article: The making of the Ogoni ethnic group.
Africa;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The existence of the Ogoni ethnic group is taken for granted in the literature ... historical development of the Ogoni ethnic group, taking as its point of departure elite ... influenced the development of the Ogoni ethnic group and the identity it purveys. It also ...

Article: Muslims are an ethnic group
The Spectator;  November 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... order for someone to be a member of an 'ethnic group' for the purposes of the 1976 Race ... are 'essential' for membership of an ethnic group for the purposes of the 1976 Act. They ... as essential for being members of an ethnic group -- in exactly the same way that Jews ...

Article: China's smallest ethnic group "lost in translation"
Xinhua News Agency;  March 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ...China's smallest ethnic group "lost in translation" By Rong ... English than the language of his own ethnic group, spoken only by 2980 people across ... Xiaohong, 33, a lawmaker from Lhoba ethnic group. Inhabited in the south of Qinghai ...