Cook Islands young people care and are very much aware about their educational environment, be it available resources, asbestos at Nikao Maori School, flooding at Avarua School, or well trained teachers and the effect the possible closureof the Teacher Training College will have on their future.
U.S. officials said the closureof supply routes through Pakistan was having no effect on day-to-day U.S. operations in Afghanistan but acknowledged that it would eventually complicate withdrawal plans.