...
1905, the
1st World Congress of Esperanto, "a
neutral, international language" devised as a 2d-tongue-for-all in 1887, opened in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Esperantists, as they call themselves

, are "are
internationally minded, concerned about social justice and peace, and are helping to preserve linguistic diversity." One thus suspects that these words -- "
Mi estas multe pli internacia ol vi!"
-- "I am more international than you!" -- are heard often where the Esperanto flag (left) is flown.
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2000, in a Shari'a court in the Zamfara state of Nigeria, a woman named Amina Abdullahi was
sentenced to 100 lashes for having had an extramarital affair. Among those citing the case was the U.S. State Department's 2001
country report on Nigeria.