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Saudi king sacks senior cleric who condemned mixed-sex university
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Monday sacked a senior cleric who caused a controversy by criticising the country's first mixed-sex university. In a rare move, a royal decree removed Sheikh Saad bin Nasser al-Shithri from Saudi Arabia's most sen...

[Posted on : 2009-10-05 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

CHRONOLOGY: Seemingly minor events in early 1989 led to big changes
October 7, 1989 - The 40th anniversary of the founding of the East German republic is celebrated with military parades. In East Berlin, Soviet head of state Gorbachev takes part in the celebrations. He talks about the need for reforms, saying whoev...

[Posted on : 2009-10-05 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

On East Germany's 40th, 'Gorbi' laid seeds of collapse - Feature
Berlin - Even as its residents escaped in streams through tears in the Iron Curtain and signs of weakness began to show throughout the system, East Germany prepared for celebrations marking its 40th anniversary on...

[Posted on : 2009-10-05 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

First German-funded Palestinian drama academy inaugurated
Ramallah - Palestinian and German officials and art scholars inaugurated Thursday in Ramallah the first Palestinian drama academy. With an initial fund of 300,000 euros (530,000 dollars) provided by the German organization Stiftung Mercator, the Rama...

[Posted on : 2009-10-01 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Saudi king opens multi-billion-dollar university - Summary
Cairo - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah opened a 10-billion- dollar new university for science and technology Wednesday, in a ceremony attended by regional heads of state. It is my desire that this new university becomes one of the world's great instit...

[Posted on : 2009-09-23 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

North Korea opens doors of first international university
Seoul - Political and religious leaders gathered in North Korea Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the nation's first international, privately-funded university, reported the state KCNA news agency. The campus of the Pyongyang University of Scienc...

[Posted on : 2009-09-16 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Every pupil in Uruguay to be given laptop
Montevideo - Every schoolchild in Uruguay is set to have a state-funded laptop computer by the end of this month. Programme coordinator Shirley Sirial confirmed Monday that the handout of the computers was close to completion. Over the past three yea...

[Posted on : 2009-09-14 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Flanders to ban Muslim headscarf in schools
Brussels - The Belgian Dutch-speaking region of Flanders is to ban the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in state-run schools, officials announced Friday after 10 days of confrontations with the Muslim minority over the issue. The decision by the auth...

[Posted on : 2009-09-11 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Judgement day looms over Belgian headscarf ban
Brussels - A ban on schoolgirls wearing the Islamic headscarf which has provoked furious demonstrations in the Belgian city of Antwerp is facing judgement day after a top official suggested that it should be suspended. Belgium's State Council is set ...

[Posted on : 2009-09-09 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Hamas denies imposing dress code on Gaza school girls
Gaza - Hamas on Saturday denied a human rights report accusing of it imposing an Islamic dress code on Gaza school girls. Gaza residents claimed to have received unofficial orders that secondary school girls be made to maintain an Islamic dress code ...

[Posted on : 2009-09-05 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

 

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