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Student protest, Cambridge-style: tea, yoga and knitting
Just because vandalising the Conservative Party’s headquarters isn’t their style it doesn’t mean Cambridge students aren’t just as angry about tuition hikes. To show their discontent, they are prepared...
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Four Loko, or "Blackout in a Can", faces a ban in the United States
United States Four Loko may seem like any other energy drink but after reading the government mandated warning labels you notice that it has one ingredient that makes it different from all the others...
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Schools ordered shut as students join Tunisia protests
Tunisian authorities suspended classes in all of the country’s schools and universities on January 10, until further notice, after students began joining the mass anti-government protests that have...
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Police shut down college block party with pepper spray
It was meant to be a party to celebrate the upcoming end of the school year at Western Illinois University. Instead, the Wheeler Street block party in the rural Midwestern town of Macomb got out of...
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In Aleppo, people protest at night and get back to business by day
While smaller Syrian cities such as Deraa and Banias are ablaze with violent protests, Aleppo, the country’s second largest city, remains surprisingly calm. Our Observer explains why…
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Philippine students are lying down to stand up for what they believe
An unusual form of protest is sweeping the Philippines. Demonstrators gather in a specific location, and lie face down on the floor with their arms by their sides. It’s a way to get political messages...
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On the menu at Egypt’s most prestigious university: maggots and nails
Students at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo are furious. They have been protesting against the dismal hygienic conditions at their university after several hundred students fell ill due to food...
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Power blackouts force young Guineans to study in gas stations
How do you study for your exams if you don’t have any electricity at home? Every evening, students in the Guinean capital Conakry try to find a solution to this problem. Faced with power cuts that...
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Chinese students get paid to pose as policemen
A massive forced demolition operation took place in Guiyang, in southern China, on October 12. As always in these cases, scores of policemen were deployed. But can you tell the real policemen from the...
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Erasmus becoming an unaffordable dream for Spain's students
Austerity has hit Spanish students particularly hard. The Government’s decision to cut scholarships for participants in the European study abroad program – known as Erasmus – is yet another example....
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Californian students vent fury at soaring cost of public universities
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