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Pupils quit top Hong Kong schools as slump-hit expats go home
Hong Kong - Children are being pulled out of Hong Kong's top international schools in unusually high numbers as the global slump forces expatriates to quit the city, a news report said Monday. Up to 50 students have left each of the wealthy city's mo...
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Italian author Saviano and Rushdie to lecture at Swedish Academy
Stockholm - Threatened Italian author Roberto Saviano and British-Indian author Salman Rushdie have accepted invitations to lecture at the Swedish Academy, the body that selects the Nobel literature prize said Tuesday. Saviano and Rushdie were to spe...
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Romanian teachers call strike for higher pay
Bucharest - Teachers in Romania have called a series of strikes to press demands for a 50 per cent pay increase approved by parliament, union leaders said Friday. The teachers plan a day-long stoppage on November 10 and an indefinite strike from Nove...
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National Geographic put out of reach of Hong Kong schoolboys
Hong Kong - National Geographic, the magazine famous for providing schoolboys with their first glimpse of naked flesh, was banned Friday from sale to minors in Hong Kong. In what is believed to be a reaction to recent obscenity rulings in the former ...
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Italian schools on strike against government education reforms
Rome - Schools in Italy remained closed Thursday as teachers went on strike over controversial education reforms adopted by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government. Thousands of students, parents and teachers joined protest marches organized by...
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