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Apr. 2, 2013 ? Imagine not being able to recognise your own child at nursery or even pick out your own face from a line-up of photos. This is just how severe face blindness, or prosopagnosia, can be.
"In extreme cases, people might withdraw socially -- become depressed, leave their job, or just suffer endless embarrassment," said Bournemouth University (BU) psychologist Dr Sarah Bate.
Dr Bate leads the BU Centre for Facial Processing Disorders, which carries out research to advance understanding of the causes of prosopagnosia and develops training strategies that can help to improve face recognition skills.
The Centre is campaigning for formal recognition of face blindness, and has launched an e-petition for the issue to be discussed in parliament.
"Children with prosopagnosia can find it really difficult to make friends because all children wear school uniforms in the UK -- this takes away any external cues to recognition," said Dr Bate.
"If children with face blindness seem socially withdrawn, this is often misinterpreted as an indicator of other socio-emotional difficulties or behavioural problems because of the lack of professional awareness of prosopagnosia."
She added: "Because prosopagnosia is not a formally recognised disorder, many people are reluctant to inform their employer that they have the condition, despite it influencing their performance at work or their relations with colleagues and clients.
"Indeed, many people feel they would be discriminated against if managers became aware of their condition, and this may prevent promotion and impede other opportunities in the workplace."
Until the last decade or so, face blindness was virtually unknown, with just a handful of documented cases.
But now thousands of people have contacted Bournemouth University, the largest research centre in the UK investigating the condition.
Dr Bate estimates one in 50 people suffer from prosopagnosia to some degree -- some struggle to put a name to a face while others can't recognise people they have known their whole lives.
Those with severe forms of the condition typically cannot recognise spouses, children or other family members and some cannot even recognise their own reflections in the mirror.
Dr Bate said: "I imagine there is such low awareness of prosopagnosia because it has traditionally been thought of as a rare disorder, and only recently has it become clear that it affects many people.
"Someone said to me recently that public awareness about prosopagnosia is where Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was 20 years ago, and there's a real upwards battle to achieve sufficient recognition amongst the public and professionals."
The disorder can be acquired following neurological trauma or illness, such as a head injury or stroke, but many more people suffer from a developmental form of the condition and have lifelong difficulties in face recognition.
There may be as many as 1.5 million prosopagnosics in the UK alone, but public and professional awareness of the condition is low.
Dr Bate hopes that the Centre's campaign will lead to greater recognition of prosopagnosia.
It includes an e-petition, which needs 100,000 signatures to have the condition discussed in Parliament.
"It's going to take a while to achieve the required number of signatures, but it will get people talking about prosopagnosia and discussing the importance of proper recognition," she said.
"If the issue does get discussed by government, it's possible that we can use our research to advise about the need for professional awareness of the condition, and work with appropriate committees to provide information that can be distributed via the NHS and educational and occupational pathways."
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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal government rule that requires airlines to advertise the full cost of tickets.
Allegiant Travel Co, Southwest Airlines Co and Spirit Airlines Inc had all challenged the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulation, which prohibits airlines from leaving taxes and government fees out of their advertised rates.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the rule in July on a 2-1 vote.
The airlines say the regulation infringes upon their free speech rights.
It requires that any price shown in an advertisement must be "the entire price to be paid by the customer," the Department of Transportation said.
Airlines can give a separate breakdown of taxes and other costs, but it must be in a smaller size than the total cost and not "displayed prominently," the agency said.
The airlines' lawyer, Paul Clement, said in court papers that the Obama administration introduced the rule at a time when it was calling for "new, higher taxes on airline passengers."
He noted that some airlines had explicitly criticized the taxes in their advertisements.
In seeking the high court's review, the airlines also said the federal government was seeking to assert authority in contravention of the 1978 law that deregulated the industry.
The Obama administration said in court papers that it could issue the rule under its authority to ban unfair or deceptive practices.
The rule "constitutes a reasonable exercise of the department's longstanding authority to prevent consumer confusion in airfare advertising," Solicitor General Donald Verrilli wrote.
In a statement on Monday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the rule "was put into place to ensure that passengers are treated with respect when they travel."
The department "will continue to work to ensure that airlines treat their customers fairly," he added.
Spokesmen for Spirit and Southwest said the airlines, which have been complying with the rule since it was introduced, were disappointed with the high court's decision not to intervene.
Allegiant did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
The Business Travel Coalition, an advocacy group for business travelers, welcomed Monday's development, saying in a statement it removed "the last airline-imposed barrier" to what it hopes will be further rulemaking that would pave to way for "true comparison shopping of the all-in price" of tickets.
The case is Spirit Airlines v. Department of Transportation, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-656.
(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh, Lisa Von Ahn and Kenneth Barry)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-not-hear-airline-appeal-over-ad-141901439.html
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YANGON (Reuters) - An electrical fire at an Islamic school in Myanmar's biggest city killed 13 children early on Tuesday, authorities said.
The children, all boys, died of suffocation in the fire at a dormitory of a school next to a mosque in Yangon at about 2:40 a.m., neighbors and officials said.
"A total of 13 boys were killed in the fire caused by overheating of a transformer. They died of suffocation after inhaling too much smoke," a Central Fire Service duty officer said.
The fire could raise tensions following Buddhist-led mob violence against Muslims elsewhere in the country, including firebombings of mosques and Muslim homes. Since 43 people were killed in violence that erupted in Meikhtila town on March 20, unrest has spread to at least 15 other towns and villages.
Neighbors and witnesses said it appeared the crowded Yangon dormitory locked its doors due to heightened security concerns.
"It seemed the boys didn't get a chance to get away because the doors were locked because of the unstable situation," a resident said.
According to official records, electrical faults and overheating are major causes of fires in Yangon.
(Reporting by Aung Hla Tun. Editing by Jason Szep)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fire-islamic-school-kills-13-children-yangon-010705572.html
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ? Shooting continued for a third day in the Malian city of Timbuktu, as the army went house to house searching for the Islamic extremists who infiltrated the town over the weekend.
Capt. Samba Coulibaly, spokesman for the Malian military in Timbuktu, said the jihadists had taken cover behind the military camp in the town center and in the alleyways next to the 14th century Dinjareyber mosque, a UNESCO Wold Heritage site. He said a total of 11 jihadists had been killed since the attack started late Saturday night.
The French Defense Ministry said in a statement that Mirage and Rafalle jets flew over the city to hunt down the fighters, who attempted to flee in the northwest direction. One French soldier was injured during the fighting, the statement said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mali-3rd-day-fighting-extremists-timbuktu-145836912.html
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On Easter Sunday, the most holy day of the Christian calendar, believers attended religious services ? whether among the packed crowds before a new pope in St. Peter's Square, at sunrise services in India and Pakistan, or at churches flanked by blast walls and security cordons in Iraq.
Here are some scenes from Easter Sunday around the world.
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