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Pakistan battles Taliban; Swat offensive "near end"ReutersBy Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani forces battled militants in South Waziristan on the Afghan border on Sunday as a government official said an offensive in the Swat valley could be over in two or three days.Video: Pakistani military claim Taliban land recaptured ITN NEWSTroops hunt Taliban as [...]
As a college instructor on ethnic studies, Lewis Kawahara knew that high schools and colleges in California have awarded honorary degrees to Japanese-American students whose studies and lives were disrupted in the spring of 1942. His own parents were …
Original Article: College of San Mateo educator’s diligence helps right a World War II … [...]
BEIJING, May 30 — Many things shrink in an economic crisis - the number of jobs, the volume of exports, the confidence of investors - but few expected a sharp fall in the size of the prospective student population. This year, fewer students want to …
Original Article: Sharp drop in number seeking college degree in [...]
“So, where’s Zac going to college?” an aunt asked my mom at a summer family get-together on Cape Cod a few years back. “UMass-Amherst.” “Couldn’t he have gone somewhere better?” “He’ll be fine.” Let’s face it: Even if they won’t admit it, most …
Original Article: Why I won’t have any college debt - Boston Globe
Paris - After four months of marching in circles, 24/7 protest readings of 19th-century French novels, text messages, and long meetings, the French student strikes of 2009 are slowly becoming more whimper than bang. While a hard-core set of students …
Original Article: In Paris, numbers – and spirits – of student strikers are waning - [...]
GALLUP — The new director of the University of New Mexico–Gallup has spent the last 20 years trying to bring fairness and equality to the college education experience. UNM officials announced Wednesday the appointment of Sylvia Rodriguez Andrew …
Original Article: UNM-G’s new director comes with high marks - Gallup Independent
Tears were flowing and praise was heard left and right as years of hard work came to a head when students of Northern College’s Porcupine campus celebrated their graduation. Donned in gowns of blue and gold, students took their two minutes in the …
Original Article: Northern College bids farewell to Class of ’09 - Timmins [...]
Georgia’s technical colleges and two-year institutions would merge to create a comprehensive community college system under a recommendation from an education work group organized by Gov. Sonny Perdue. The study committee looked at creating a …
Original Article: New community college system recommended for Ga. - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The expenses row engulfing Tory MP Bill Cash threatens to derail the ambitions of one of his party’s most ambitious youngsters – the Eurosceptic MP’s absorbing daughter, Laetitia. Ms Cash fought the safe Labour seat of Salford in 2005, coming third …
Original Article: Laetitia, a political debutante with a difference - The Independent
FORT MYERS — With a turn of a tassel Friday night, the Immokalee High School Indians of 2009 welcomed the future with huge smiles. “I’m really excited, but I’m also going to miss all my friends,” Gaelle Colas, 18, said. Gaelle is the first …
Original Article: Immokalee High graduates 302 with high hopes for future [...]
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany Technical College and Albany State University continue to work together to turn out successful graduates. Another student completed the two-plus-two articulation agreement which allows students from Albany Tech an easier …
Original Article: ATC and ASU turn out successful graduates - WALB 10
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Sotomayor's Focus on Race Issues May Be HurdleNew York TimesBy DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK WASHINGTON - The selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court has opened a new battle in the fight over affirmative action and other race-conscious remedies for patterns of inequality, with each side invoking the …White House responds as GOP continues [...]
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North Korea to move intercontinental missile: reportReutersBy Jack Kim and Neil Chatterjee SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - North Korea is preparing to move an intercontinental ballistic missile from a factory near Pyongyang to a launch site on the east coast, a South Korean newspaper quoted a source in Washington …Video: Inside story - Nuclear tension - [...]
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Obama pledges to tighten cybersecurity, protect Web opennessSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Frank Davies WASHINGTON - The nation's digital infrastructure, from military networks to online commerce, is increasingly vulnerable to attacks from "weapons of mass disruption," President Barack Obama warned Friday as he launched initiatives to …Video: Obama Setting Up Better Security for Computers [...]
RPV — Just as Marymount College celebrated the accomplishments of its graduating class on Saturday, the campus was rocked by the unfortunate news of one student’s death.
Original Article: College community mourns death of student (Palos Verdes Peninsula News)