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Several Sikhs were denied entry into the Quebec legislature Tuesday amid a heated debate over multiculturalism and where to draw the line when it comes to tolerating cultural practices.

"I was fast asleep on Sunday night. When I woke up the next day, I realized that my hair had been cut off as I was about to tie it," he said. Basant's hair, which originally reached below his navel, was estimated to have been cut by 50 centimetres.

Migrants in west London have had to resort to sleeping rough under motorway flyovers and bins in freezing temperatures, according to a charity supporting the Sikh community.

The proportion of the world’s population with access to improved drinking water sources grew by 10 percent over a period roughly covering the past two decades, according to a United Nations study. The study was released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN World Health Organization (WHO).

Nearly half of U.S. physicians say language or other cultural barriers are obstacles to providing high-quality patient care, according to a study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change.

A group of Milton High School students bring weapons to school, and no one is complaining. But don’t worry, it’s the school’s fencing team and the blades must be in locked containers and supervised when brought to school or tournaments.