Linguistic cleansing in Syria</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Linguistic cleansing in Syria"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Linguistic,cleansing,in,Syria"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">08-10-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Linguistic cleansing in Syria</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Damas, Syria (Ha'aretz): Good news for devotees of the Arabic language: Don't be discouraged, you are not alone. An ally has arisen in the north: the president of Syria. In his recent inauguration speech for a second term, he portrayed the spread of foreign words as a national enemy. He outlined "instructions" designed to prevent the deterioration of the Arabic language's status in advertisements, the media and education. He also demanded assistance for Arabic, to allow it to become more advanced "so that it can be integrated with scientific and cognitive development." <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/909635.html" target="blank">www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/909635.html</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show