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Students, teachers protest over US education cuts

Students, teachers protest over US education cuts - 2010-03-06

LOS ANGELES- Students clashed with baton-wielding police as thousands took to the streets across California on Thursday in mostly peaceful protests against cuts in education spending. Television...
Obama launches bid to end dropout scourge

Obama launches bid to end dropout scourge - 2010-03-02

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama launched a 900-million-dollar initiative Monday to tackle sky-high school dropout rates by tempting states with cash to close the worst-performing institutions....
For Clinton, a bit of Wellesley in Saudi Arabia

For Clinton, a bit of Wellesley in Saudi Arabia - 2010-02-17

JEDDAH, Paul Handley - When Hillary Clinton addresses students at Dar al-Hekma college in Jeddah on Tuesday, it will be a bit like going back to her own alma mater, Wellesley College in...
French culture minister orders artist's "censored" work put back

French culture minister orders artist's "censored" work put back - 2010-02-14

PARIS- France's culture minister called Saturday on the country's top art college to hang a work by a Chinese artist back on its facade, after she complained it had been censored for political...
Turkish court blocks religious college proposal

Turkish court blocks religious college proposal - 2010-02-09

ANKARA - Turkey's highest administrative court on Monday ruled against a government-backed move to make it easier for students from religious training colleges to go to university, Anatolia news...
Britain to cut number of student visas issued

Britain to cut number of student visas issued - 2010-02-07

LONDON- Britain is to cut the number of visas it hands out to foreign students in a bid to stop people breaking the rules by working illegally, officials said Saturday. A total of 236,470 student...
Holocaust teaching must address human rights: EU agency

Holocaust teaching must address human rights: EU agency - 2010-01-27

VIENNA - Teaching about the Holocaust in schools should also include discussion on current rights issues, an EU agency said Tuesday ahead of the 65th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's...
No need to split twins for good grades: study

No need to split twins for good grades: study - 2009-12-15

PARIS - Whether or not twins are separated at school, a subject of debate that is often a dilemma for parents, has no affect on their grades, according to a Dutch study published Tuesday. A team...
Greek students protest against university policing

Greek students protest against university policing - 2009-12-11

ATHENS - Hundreds of students demonstrated in Athens on Thursday to protest against a plan for policing at universities after a rector was injured in a violent protest over the weekend. Police in...
France probes more universities in Chinese corruption probe

France probes more universities in Chinese corruption probe - 2009-12-06

PARIS - French investigators have been sent to another university as a probe widens into claims of irregularities surrounding the enrolment of Chinese students, the higher education ministry said...
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Geldof attacks BBC report on Ethiopia aid

Geldof attacks BBC report on Ethiopia aid
LONDON - Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof on Sunday lashed out at a BBC report that claimed millions of pounds raised for famine relief in Ethiopia by Band Aid in 1985 were used by rebels to pay for weapons. "About Band Aid, not a single penny...