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Australian degrees: Would you like a visa with that? - Feature
Sydney - Coupling paper qualifications with green cards has helped turn Australia's higher education sector into an industry bigger than tourism. Linking diplomas with permanent residency visas ha...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-14 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Austrian universities bemoan surge in German students
Vienna - Heads of Austrian universities on Tuesday complained about increasing numbers of German students and called for compensation payments from Germany. Austrian universities are attractive for foreign students because there are no entrance exami...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-13 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Egyptian students protest university ban on full-face veil
Cairo - Egyptian students on Wednesday protested their exclusion from university dormitories because they wear the niqab, a veil that covers the full face. The issue has come to the fore following a newspaper report quoting Sheikh Mohammed al-Tantawi...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-07 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

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...

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[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...

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[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...

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[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...

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[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...

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[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...

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[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...

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

US will not join treaty banning landmines

Queen Elizabeth gets pink carpet treatment in Bermuda

American shoppers lace up racing shoes for Black Friday

US stocks edge lower on revised growth figures

Benitez on the brink, Wenger celebrates - Summary

US economic rebound smaller than thought; Fed optimistic - Summary

Benitez on the brink

Slovenian peacekeeper dies in a firearm incident in Kosovo

EXTRA: US central bank issues rosier outlook on economy

US military mobilizing turkeys for duty in Iraq, Afghanistan

Obama pledges to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan - Summary

SIDEBAR: Roddick reports knee injury recovery ahead of schedule

EXTRA: US could push more NATO allies for more troops

US, India pledge broad cooperation on challenges - Summary

Dobbs for president? Firebrand TV anchor considers White House bid

Stalemate in Kazan leaves Group wide open

RESULT: European Champions League result

Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange 24 November 2009

US levies first-ever fines on airlines who stranded passengers

Jordan, Turkey open final round of talks for free trade accord