Plaid Cymru AM Simon Thomas, whose mid and west region includes Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, ties the future of Welsh as a living language to the state of the economy in rural Wales.

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This past weekend in Lake Atalanta Park in Rogers, Arkansas, over 1, 000 Hispanic residents from around the northwest part of the state gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of a local Spanish-language radio station.

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It's doing the same in Colorado, where a law's vague language enabled a harassing complaint to be filed with the secretary of state against a group opposing two referendums that would raise taxes and increase government spending.

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Mr Obama praised the recent launch of a state-run 24-hour Kurdish-language television channel.

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To learn the language of film must be a state of mind.

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Earlier this year, voters in Missouri and Louisiana also approved amendments banning same-sex marriage, although a judge in Louisiana later struck down that state's measure because of flawed ballot language.

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As part of what was described as the "democratic opening, " the Turkish state established a Kurdish-language TV channel for the first time and eased bans on Kurdish language education in schools.

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Even though languages have not been a priority for the school in the past, he wants to invest in "state of the art" language facilities.

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He bragged that Robbins Air Force Base had made it through the latest round of realignments and closures, and attacked Mr Martin for a 1995 vote against making English the official state language.

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