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Students in southern Brazil are helping 2,200 workers, police and military forces to combat an oil spill described as the country's worst environmental disaster for 25 years. An estimated 25,143...
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A rock lands in still waters
The threat of cuts and even institution closures is stirring the sleepy, safe world of Japanese academia. Charles Jannuzi and Bern Mulvey report In sharp contrast with Japan's image as a nation known...
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New York
Serbian authorities loyal to Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic have stepped up a violent campaign against opponents, according to Human Rights Watch. In the past six weeks, police have beaten...
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Brazzaville
Anti-prostitution police patrolling top hotels in the capital cities of the two Congos have arrested several female students of medicine and pharmacy who have been slipping sleeping pills into the...
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East meets West in research rankings
Dusseldorf East German universities have strongly improved their research performance in the past five years and are now competing on a nearly even footing with their western competitors, according...
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Literati slug it out in court
Rome A long-running feud between two of Italy's most eminent professors has developed into a court battle for slander, with blow-by-blow coverage in the national press. One contender has been awarded...
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Young men rush to arms
Growing numbers of young Estonian men want to complete their national service before taking up university places - more than the armed forces may be able to accommodate. The problem has been caused...
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CVCP 'mystifies' copyright body with a tribunal appeal
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals has asked the Copyright Tribunal to review the terms and conditions of the Higher Education Copyright Arrangement instead of entering into...
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Online traders tap into advice
Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, has become the first student of the Northern Ireland Centre for E-Business (NICeB), the University of Ulster's online business centre. Mr...
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Why Brahms was disturbed
He may have composed one of the most famous lullabies, but it seems that Johannes Brahms seldom enjoyed a peaceful night himself. Evidence has emerged from a host of biographical references that the...
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Physics key to realising e-vision
European visions of an e-commerce-enabled information society may fade away unless Europe addresses serious shortages of physics teachers, according to a leading academic. Ken Pounds, professor of...
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Euro student charter stalls
Rome A week-long meeting in Rome of more than 300 students from 105 European universities last week failed to meet its objective of drawing up an international "Magna Carta" of student rights. Paid...
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Essex to pioneer life in the fast lane
A multimillion-pound start-up company based at the University of Essex was launched last week with the aim of removing bottlenecks from the world's global optical networks. Ilotron is a...
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Students flock to online library
More than 1,000 students a month are signing up for the Open University's new electronic library service for distance learners. About 8,000 have registered so far with the Open Library. It offers...
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WAP with ease
The entry cost of the provision of education information services and business applications via mobile phone has been cut substantially by an agreement between Nokia and Macromedia. The two companies...