Rangoon
Universities across Burma that were closed in the wake of the attack on pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi may reopen this week, sources close to the military regime said.
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Monrovia
The University of Liberia has been deserted by students and staff as rebel forces and government troops skirmished on the outskirts of the campus, with looting reported by both sides.
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Nairobi
Kenya's newly registered union for university lecturers is demanding a pay rise from the current minimum of 50,000 shillings (£400) to 248,000 shillings a month. The Universities Academic Staff Union...
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Saving a Buddhist treasure trove
Inventory of Monuments at Pagan, Volume 8
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A life of loss and longing
Orwell - George Orwell
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When politicians spun out of control
The Wages of Spin - The Death of Spin
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A look at the world through western eyes
The New Penguin History of the World
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Making a splash down the ages
Boats of the World
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a first novel by a romantic poet: "The title of this work has not been chosen without the grave and...
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English recipes from Mrs Beeton and Machiavelli
The Oxford Chronology of English Literature
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More scope for star-hoppers
Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes - How to Use a Computerized Telescope
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Our dying bug-driven world
World Atlas of Biodiversity
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A gradual descent into hell
The Great Lakes of Africa
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Peas, plates and croissants
Explaining the Universe - Minding the Heavens - The Extravagant Universe
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A right royal epic of life and death
One of the famous cases of identity theft in English law concerns the "Tichborne claimant". In the 1870s, Arthur Orton pretended to be Roger Tichborne of Hampshire and was supported in his claim by a...