NEAR International News Tracker http://www.nearinternational.org/ The NEAR News Tracker highlights news from around the world. NEAR - N etwork for E ducation and A cademic R ights. NEAR's purpose is to facilitate the rapid global transfer of accurate information in response to breaches of academic freedom and human rights in education. Iran: Pressure Mounts to Dissolve Largest Student Group http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1217.html Payvand Iran News Israel: Academics oppose upgrading Ariel http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100219125203849 university World News Iranian Student Leader Sentenced To Prison http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Student_Leader_Sentenced_To_Prison/1963822.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Zimbabwe police brutally assault student http://www.zimdiaspora.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2835:zimbabwe-police-brutally-assault-student&catid=38:travel-tips&Itemid=18 The Zimdiaspora Court acquits teacher in a national security case http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2916766 Joonang Daily Kuwait: Critical Opinions Unwelcome http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/02/18/kuwait-critical-opinions-unwelcome Human Rights Watch In Cuba Academic Freedom Does Not Exist http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/in-cuba-academic-freedom_b_467508.html The Huffington Post Brain drain hits Zimbabwe's biggest university http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=africa&item=100216091052.u693hraa.php IC Publications Protest at funeral of "tortured" Darfur student http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE61E09220100215 Reuters South Africa: Cost woes spark student protests http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100212124859927 University World News Education under increasing attack http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2010021212585245 University World News Mandelson says academics are 'set in aspic' http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/11/academics-in-aspic-says-mandelson Guardian Morocco: 11 students imprisoned after protests http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=648 Amnesty International ZINASU Condemns the Abduction of Students from the University http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=5893 Zimbabwe Telegraph Denied visa, 26 students file court case in Netherlands http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Denied-visa--26-students-file-court-case-in-Netherlands/577025 Indian Express Several Indians pack bags, head home from Australia http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Several-Indians-pack-bags-head-home-in-Australia/articleshow/5546740.cms The Times of India Israel: Controversy over upgrading college to university http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100205112240278 University World News 'Statement of faith' is a threat to academic freedom http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Statement+faith+threat+academic+freedom/2530959/story.html Vancouver Sun Terror and academic freedom http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/05/terrorism-study-uk-university Guardian Venezuelan police break up anti-Chavez protest http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020403778.html Washington Post China snubs U of C over Dalai Lama http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/China+snubs+over+Dalai+Lama/2521064/story.html Calgary Herald Once a science superpower, Russia is now a fading light http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410229%20 Times Higher Education Counter-terrorism police stationed on campuses http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/04/police-stationed-on-campuses Guardian Campus Islamic extremists under police scrutiny http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8496066.stm BBC News US scholar claims intellectuals played ruinous role in a century of horrors http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410263&c=2 Times Higher Education First nations university loses provincial funding http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2519554 National Post Leaked climate change emails scientist 'hid' data flaws http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/01/leaked-emails-climate-jones-chinese Guardian Journal stem cell work 'blocked' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8490291.stm BBC News UK visa suspension affects genuine Nepali students http://www.visabureau.com/uk/news/03-02-2010/uk-visa-suspension-affects-genuine-nepali-students.aspx UK Visa Bureau 13 Gunned Down at Birthday Party in Mexican Border City http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351411&CategoryId=14091 Latin American Herald Tribune Thousands 'to miss out on university degree' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8487354.stm BBC News Nigeria: Academics and students oppose terror list http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2010012820125786 University World News Haiti: Earthquake shatters already weak university system http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100129064109190 University World News Students protest at tuition fees hearing http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8487530.stm BBC News Tanzanian education system affected by massive floods http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1183&theme=solidarityfund&country=tanzania Education International AAUP Launches New Journal on Academic Freedom http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/27/qt/aaup_launches_new_journal_on_academic_freedom Inside Higher Education Dismissal of a University Professor for Political Reasons http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/01/dismissal-of-a-university-professor-for-political-reasons/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Thousands of A-level students launch protest over 'unfair' exam http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/26/unfair-a-level-biology-exam-protest Guardian Malaysian court overturns ban on Islam book http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hidnMOckxVyxk-H4MFU5iAlFP39A AFP News Iranian Student Released on Bail http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/012/2010/en Amnesty International Jailed Chinese dissident receives support from Communist Party members http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Chinese_Dissident_Liu_Gets_Help_From_Unexpected_Quarter/1939145.html RFE/RL South Africa: 'Reitz' four may apply to return to university http://allafrica.com/stories/201001250038.html All Africa UK universities face funding freeze for years http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/graeme-paton/7067131/Universities-face-funding-freeze-for-years-admits-David-Lammy.html Telegraph Zimbabwe: Fee protests lands 26 students in court http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100123165744406 University World News Iran: Pressure on student leaders for confessions and dissolution of student group http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/01/pressure-on-student-leaders-for-confessions-and-dissolution-of-daftar-e-tahkim-e-vahdat/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Call for review of Irish academic tenure policy http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/sutherland-urges-universities-to-sack-incompetent-academics-2028545.html Irish Independent Norwegian academic backs debate on boycott of Israel universities http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144509.html Haaretz Saudi schoolgirl sentenced to 90 lashes after assaulting headmistress http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/23/saudi.arabia.lashes/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+(RSS%3A+Top+Stories) CNN University of Wisconsin excludes foreign students from research assistants' union http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-uw-internationals,0,4315313.story Chicago Tribune Iran students boycott exams to protest disputed election http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8470309.stm BBC News The counterfeiters: fake institutions escape clampdown http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410111&c=2 Times Higher Education Habib free to visit US http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20100122044905255C416739 Independent Online 700 student stranded at Rwandan university following funding withdrawal http://allafrica.com/stories/201001210105.html All Africa American Universities Rush to the Front Lines in Haiti http://chronicle.com/article/American-Universities-Rush-to/63692/ Chronicle of Higher Education TA university scholar to advocate Israel boycott http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147942494&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jerusalem Post Brown concern over Hamas campus talk http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/26267/brown-concern-over-hamas-campus-talk Jewish Chronicle Israel moves to launch university in West Bank settlement http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012102306.html Washington Post Four American students still missing in Haiti http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23798029-four-american-students-still-missing-in-haiti.do London Evening Standard ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Abusive Police Practices In New York City Schools http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/aclu-lawsuit-challenges-abusive-police-practices-new-york-city-schools American Civil Liberties Union Reformist student sentenced to 8 years http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3837103,00.html Ynet News Tariq Ramadan Now Allowed to Enter the United States http://counterterrorismblog.org/2010/01/tariq_ramadan_now_allowed_to_e.php Counter-Terrorism Blog Students, professor recall harrowing experience in Haiti http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/01/19/students-professor-recall-harrowing-experience-haiti Columbia Spectator Iran promises revenge on U.S., Israel for professor's killing http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60H3KJ20100118 Reuters Nick Clegg pledges to curb libel law's 'chilling effect' on scientific inquiry http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6992920.ece Times Online Fear grips Iranian academics http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41428 Physics World LSE tutor says he is victim of witch-hunt http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/17/reza-pankhurst-mccarthyite-witchhunt The Guardian Girls' academic hopes disrupted as family plans to return to Afghanistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/16/AR2010011602134.html?hpid=topnews The Washington Post Lawyer hopeful Iran will release French academic http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/16/AR2010011601188.html The Washington Post Debate continues over science advisors to government http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410024&c=1 Times Higher Education EI calls for action over imminent education http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1170&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Prominent Canadian academics die in Haitian earthquake http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/prominent-canadian-academics-die-in-haitian-earthquake/article1431138/ The Globe and Mail Security tight at slain scientist's funeral http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/01/iran-amid-tight-security-tensions-mount-at-scientists-funeral.html LA Times Israel in the American classroom http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/14/israel Inside Higher Ed Academic freedom threatened by UK libel laws http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=409993&c=1 Times Higher Educationw Cap on student numbers may been one in three applicants without a university place http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/14/cap-student-numbers-unprecedented-demand The Guardian Azerbaijani scientist arrested in Iran stands trial http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=113912 APA News Iran scientist killing: More questions than answers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8456076.stm BBC News University applications 'surging' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8456852.stm BBC News Battle for academic freedom on US campuses http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7777 Palestinian News Network Tehran university professor killed by bomb http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/12/iran-university-professor-killed-bomb Guardian Corruption fears in Chinese academia http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-01/11/content_9296724.htm China Daily UK: Penalties for ‘non-productive’ research may prompt academic brain drain http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6978437.ece The Times Report shows conflict damaging basic education rights and academic freedom http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1161&theme=highereducation&country=palestine Education International Nigeria: Academic staff begin indefinite strike http://allafrica.com/stories/201001070429.html All Africa University heads tackle extremism http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8443885.stm BBC News Iran ban targets international organisations including universities and research centres http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1921443.html Radio Free Europe Cameroon puts 'brain drain' in reverse http://allafrica.com/stories/201001070629.html All Africa Chinese academia ghost-writing 'widespread' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8442147.stm BBC News Iran bans contact with foreign organisations, including the BBC http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/05/iran-bans-contacts-foreign-organisations Guardian Minority seeks voice on Chinese campus http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9470137 ABC News India: Students prevented from attending convention http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_telangana-students-prevented-from-attending-convention-osmania-student-leaders_1330336 DNA India British universities: seats of learning and loathing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6917777/British-universities-seats-of-learning---and-loathing.html Telegraph Regime wages a quiet war on ‘star students’ of Iran http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126222013953111071.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read Wall Street Journal UCL Provost defends 'freedom of thought' on campuses http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=409807&c=2 Times Higher Education Indian students call off fast http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=OU+students+call+off+fast&artid=4kP1TZ/vQBE=&SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==&SEO Indian Express Students and militia clash on Tehran University campus http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-iran-protests30-2009dec30,0,5824798.story LA Times Warwick University students detained over Gaza protest http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2009/12/29/warwick-university-students-by-egyptian-government-over-gaza-protest-92746-25487317/ Coventry Telegraph International PEN calls Chinese academic’s sentence a grievous betrayal of rights http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/news/international-pen-calls-liu-xiaobo-s-sentence-a-grievous-betrayal-of-inalienable-human-rights International PEN US Court decision on faculty speech rights http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/23/sadid Inside Higher Ed Iran: No verdict for French academic as trial drags on http://www.france24.com/en/20091223-clothilde-reiss-academic-iran-trial-protests France 24 Columbia University faculty signs Tajbakhsh release petition http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/12/14/faculty-petition-tajbakhsh-s-release Columbia Spectator Student protests continue in Germany http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091218104206101 University World News Lecturer's release depends on France, says Ahmadinejad http://www.france24.com/en/20091219-clotilde-reisss-release-depends-france-says-ahmadinejad France 24 UK: Governors to resign after funding row http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/student/article6960898.ece The Times Supreme Court rules London Jewish school discriminated http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jOOPdG0kuKVntV8BlamzI-nxQ4GwD9CKJNG04 Associated Press Iranian students stage rival rallies across nation http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9CJUF183 Associated Press Criticism of President led to Professor’s firing http://www.rferl.org/content/Tatar_Professor_Criticism_Of_President_Led_To_Firing/1905003.html Radio Free Europe Committee on Academic Freedom open letter to Iranian authorities http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/caf/letters_iran.html Middle East Studies Association Iran Makes Arrests Over Torn Ayatollah Photo http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9CJ0SE80 The Associated Press Iranian Student Writes of Hope and Fear Over Protest http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jtlQG4TPVU7w4nXY2Ggey_c5giZgD9CISCP82 The Associated Press Campaign Mocks Treatment of Iran Student Leader http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5imkhSF6JIIh5ldvgrdkaPNx155GQD9CIIU1G0 The Associated Press Row Over Academic's Channel 4 Documentary Appearance http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/13/israel-academic-antisemitism-documentary-dispatches The Guardian Two Suspects Arrested in Venezuela Student Killing http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=348876&CategoryId=10717 Latin American Herald Tribune City of Philadelphia sets up meeting to mediate school ethnic tensions http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/79150522.html Philadelphia Inquirer Egypt: Abolishing Faculty Upsets Academics http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091211083256808 University World News 44 sacked Nigerian lecturers reinstated http://allafrica.com/stories/200912140543.html All Africa USA: 26 Students Arrested in Protest Over Tuition Increases http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/education/11arrest.html?_r=1 NY Times Amnesty Report Highlights Human Rights Abuses of Students in Iran http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18541 Ammesty HRW Criticises "Sabotage" of Schooling in India's Bihar and Jharkhand States http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/12/10/where-schooling-sabotaged Human Rights Watch Libel law is stifling academic freedoms http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=409518&c=1 Times Higher Education Iran steps up its crackdown on student protesters http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120801388.html?hpid=sec-world The Washington Post Report Finds More Than 70 Percent of US Colleges Restrict Free Speech http://www.thefire.org/article/11356.html Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Protests Engulf University Campuses http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/12/campus-protests/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Students' agitation adds force to Telangana movement http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Students--agitation-adds-force-to-Telangana-movement/550789 Indian Express Police surround Tehran University to stop protests http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/07/world/AP-Ml-Iran.html New York Times Uzbek students expelled for not picking cotton http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbek_Students_Expelled_For_Not_Picking_Cotton/1896518.html Radio Free Europe European universities still lack full autonomy http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091204102023185 University World News Iran: Student leader arrested http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/12/asadi-arrested/ International Campaign for Human Rights Israel releases Palestinian professor held without charge http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=243143 Ma'an News Agency Row over male student support groups at British universities http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/23/men-students-support-groups-universities The Guardian India: Security increased after campus violence http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Security-increased-around-JNU-after-campus-violence/articleshow/5259715.cms The Times of India UK: University accused of £36m student scam http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-accused--of-16336m-student-scam-1825909.html The Independent Narrow win for stem cell research in Nebraska http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/23/nebraska Inside Higher Ed Court rules Nigerians have a legal right to education http://allafrica.com/stories/200911230024.html All Africa Iran: Continuing persecution of student groups http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/11/advarpersecution/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Academic withdraw support for Holocaust centre http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hPoYGg43qGk6s88tcQM8O8G9IsQwD9C1JPL81 Associated Press Philippines: Teachers unions comdemn principal's beheading http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1131&theme=rights&country=philippines Education International Students respond to professor's column http://nyunews.com/news/2009/nov/16/muslim/ NYU News Iranian court refuses to release Azerbaijani scientist http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Court_Refuses_To_Release_Azerbaijani_Scientist/1878865.html Radio Free Europe Zimbabwean lecturer suspended after inciting protest http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091113142036501 University World News Egypt: Axed academics attack deadline http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091113141940141 University World News French academic's trial to resume in Tehran http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJz4T2lQSRsOcIeLbOnktUEQfDTA AFP Iran student sentenced to 8 years over protests http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Student_Gets_Eight_Years_Over_Protests/1878265.html Radio Free Europe Student ejected from West Bank two months before completing her degree http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111209266.html?sec-world The Washington Post Iran condems Oxford for honouring slain protester http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g6AZA1tCAKUr-s6fNAG9gfKpZMkwD9BTGBP03 Associated Press Study launched to measure university autonomy across Europe http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091106120156959 University World News Life gets harder for students in Vietnam http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091106120529478 University World News Law on sexual assault of students strengthened http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20091108-178528.html Asia One Turkmenistan http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/07/turkmenistan-environmental-advocate-freed Human Rights Watch Iran: Danish student among those arrested in post-protest clampdown http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/06/danish-journalism-student-jailed-iran Guardian Iranian student criticises Supreme Leader http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/06/iran-student-criticises-ayatollah-khamenei Guardian Students and alumni targeted in arbitrary detentions http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/11/purge/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Fiji throws out Australian academic http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j9o5CsALSNE7pZuX8Uu3pgc44PHg AFP Student activist held in Tunisia at risk of torture http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/student-activist-held-tunisia-risk-torture-20091103 Amnesty International Mandelson to announce plans to modernise 'ivory tower' universities http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/03/peter-mandelson-universities-modernise-plans Guardian Iranian economist sentenced to 9 years for protesting http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/world/middleeast/03iran.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Iran%209%20years&st=cse New York Times Call for higher ethical standards in Iran's universities http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091029181257195 University World News Palestinian students await permission to travel to foreign universities http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091029172746849 University World News Russia: Alarm at screening order for academic work overseas http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091029173021591 University World News Iranian students plan return to street protests http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/01/iran-election-protests-students The Observer Row over Brazil's university race quotas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8285350.stm BBC News Arrest of Russian historian sparks outcry http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091029180710822 University World News India: University closed and students evicted following protests http://www.ptinews.com/news/355953_AMU-students-asked-to-vacate-hostels-by-Sunday Press Trust of India Strike fears at two Welsh universities http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8328322.stm BBC News Iran: Some teachers released following election arrests http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1124&theme=ei&country=iran Education International Iran: Amnesty International calls for scholar to be released http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/iran-must-release-scholar-held-peaceful-criticism-election-20091027 Amnesty International US academic jailed in China for skull sale http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJv1cME3lQvasP5vSH0_IWVM8NEQ AFP USA: Professor resigns over funding battle after criticizing oil industry http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/26/qt/professor_to_quit_after_losing_fight_with_u_of_alaska Inside Higher Ed Protest at Kabul University over ‘burnt Koran’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8324869.stm BBC News Iran continues to hold son of teacher trade unionists http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1119&theme=rights&country=iran Education International UNESCO report: female graduates outnumber males http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091023110831548 University World News HRW calls for biologist and environmental advocate to be released http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/10/23/turkmenistan-free-detained-activist Human Rights Watch University of Aberdeen accused of racial discrimination http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8322066.stm BBC News Fiji authorities further infringe trade union rights of teacher association http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1120&theme=rights&country=fiji Education International Iran’s Foreign Minister accuses US over disappearance of academics http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=206124 Tehran Times Iranian-American academic gets 12 years in unrest http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9BF2K9G0 Associated Press South Africa university drops 'racist' video charges http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/editorials/article156432.ece Times Live Israel clamps down on foreign academics http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20091015175202707 University World News China imprisons academic for 'subversion' 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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26173985-12332,00.html The Australian Lecturers to take legal action against early retirement ban http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lecturers-to-take-legal-action-against-early-retirement-ban-1904181.html Independent.ie Saudi fires cleric who criticised mixed university http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-42906420091005 Reuters Uganda: National Council bans four universities http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5359:uganda-higher-education-inferior-says-new-report&catid=85:education&Itemid=106 The Observer Visa problems leave thousands of Pakistani students barred from UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/visa-pakistan-uk-students-university The Guardian Student held for throwing shoe at IMF boss http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6857938.ece# Times Online Nigeria: ESUT, ASUU Rejoins Nationwide Strike http://www.champion.com.ng/index.php?news=19749 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http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090912221731811 University World News Innovation Universities http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1623.html Mainstream Weekly Students trampled to death in Indian school stampede http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6828610.ece Times Online Iran: EI draws attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the situation of teacher unionists http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1092&theme=ei&country=iran Education International Conference boycott urged over ‘plagiarist’ chair http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=408051&c=2 Times Higher Education Professor Annmarie Surprenant forced to resign over marking fraud http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article6824795.ece Times Online Iran’s Universities Punish Students Who Disputed Vote http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/world/middleeast/06iran.html?_r=1 New York Times EI launches Urgent Action Appeal for the Fijian 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Choosing your VC http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407578&c=2 Times Higher Education Mexico: One year on, silence surrounds murder of anthropologist http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/news/mexico-one-year-on-silence-surrounds-murder-of-anthropologist International PEN Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/world/asia/27china.html?_r=2&ref=global-home New York Times Son of leading scientist dies in jail as fears grow over fate of Iran's political prisoners http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/iran-political-prisoners-mohsen-rouholamini The Guardian Obama Criticizes Arrest of Harvard Professor http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/us/politics/23gates.html?_r=1 New York Times Iran Says Bosnian Writer Insulted Muslims, Sarajevo Stays Silent http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Says_Bosnian_Writer_Insulted_Muslims/1781152.html Radio Free Europe Tough visa rules deterring overseas students coming to UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jul/21/visa-rules-deterring-overseas-students-to-uk The Guardian Scholar's Visa Denial Suit Revived http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/20/ramadan Inside Higher Education Gambia: Arrests further stifle free speech says Amnesty http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85351 IRIN News World conference a success? 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http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/21/libya-libyan-dissident-long-imprisoned-dead Human Rights Watch Students, Too, Have Academic Rights http://www.independent.com/news/2009/may/21/students-too-have-academic-rights/ Santa Barbara Independent World protests to demand union rights for Iranian workers http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1032&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Academics ‘free to speak their minds’ http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1002134 The Times, South Africa Genuine overseas students 'denied entry to UK' http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/may/18/overseas-students-denied-entry The Guardian Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=59488 Cambridge Network AAUP Urges 'Pause' in Case of Prof's Gaza E-Mail http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/18/qt/aaup_urges_pause_in_case_of_prof_s_gaza_e_mail Inside Higher Education Academic freedom under threat 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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/apr/24/university-applications-increase-recession-mature-students The Guardian Bolognese sauce http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13527558 The Economist Terror suspects on student visas released without charge http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=406288&c=1 Times Higher Education Whistleblower kicked off board http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=406270&c=1 Times Higher Education Iran: Teachers strike for the implementation of Pay Parity Law http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1015&theme=statusofteachers&country=iran Education International Turmoil at French universities could leave students facing missed year http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/23/france-university-strike The Guardian Crossing a Line http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/23/ucsb Inside Higher Education Fired Professor Seeks $200-Million in Lawsuit Against Columbia 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donors threaten academic freedom at UK universities http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/5066984/Foreign-donors-threaten-academic-freedom.html The Telegraph Professor suspended over claims he incited G20 violence http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/mar/27/g20-protests-lecturer-organiser-suspended The Guardian Defeat and Some Success for Texas Evolution Foes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/education/27texas.html?_r=2&ref=education The New York Times Awkward truths get short shrift http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=405922&c=2 Times Higher Education Union fears for freedom as governance talks halt http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=405930&c=1 Times Higher Education John Hope Franklin, Black Historian, Dies at 94 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/03/25/us/AP-Obit-Franklin.html?_r=1&em The New York Times Warrant issued for Thai academic who fled to London 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http://www.swradioafrica.com/news120109/privateschools120109.htm SW Radio Africa Thai socialist academic charged with offending royal dignity http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=16829 Socialist Worker Online Thai Critic Ungpakorn to be Charged with Lèse Majesté http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1661&Itemid=185 Asia Sentinel Operation 'Cast Lead' shuts universities http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090108185126603 University World News After 8 months, Saudi professor released from prison http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/11/saudi.activist.released/index.html CNN News Operation 'Cast Lead' shuts universities http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090108185126603 University World News Release Detainees and Stop Prosecution of Students at Shiraz University http://www.iranhumanrights.org/themes/news/single-news/article/release-detainees-and-stop-prosecution-of-students-at-shiraz-university.html 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target home of Iran Nobel laureate http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jJQGzSKIm07ixmmKsLRnHqGtmocw AFP News Iran students say ready to fight Israel http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2009/01/01/iran_students_say_ready_to_fight_israel/afp/ Middle East Times Academic freed from Singaporean jail http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2457566.htm ABC News Where’s the Academic Outrage Over the Bombing of a University in Gaza? http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/wheres-the-academic-outrage-over-the-bombing-of-a-university-in-gaza/ Dissident Voice American Academic Interrogated In Iran http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/30/world/main4692716.shtml CBS News David Horowitz Does the MLA http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/12/30/horowitz Inside Higher Education Bombing of Islamic University: Strategic Target or War Crime? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474084,00.html FOX News Israel strikes key Hamas offices http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7802515.stm BBC News Israel bombs Islamic university in Gaza http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4BR2F920081228 Reuters Farzad Kamangar still at risk in the Evin Prison http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=938&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Critics reject KwaZulu-Natal academic freedom inquiry http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/economy.aspx?ID=BD4A906338 Business Day Iran's YouTube Generation http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122929986273305283.html#printMode The Wall Street Journal University in Athens, epicenter of riots, is drawing a potent mix of radicals http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/15/europe/15greece.php International Herald Tribune Turkish academics in apology to Armenians http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkish-academics-in-apology-to-armenians-1067066.html The Independent UKZN academic freedom to be probed http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=vn20081215054439629C126337 Independent Online UKZN academic freedom clash turns nasty http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=904823 The Times, South Africa Academics have abandoned Israeli boycott, say opponents http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/10/boycott-israel-ucu-palestinians The Guardian UKZN: Legal showdown looms over bid to bar Chetty from seminar http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=17086 The Witness Iran students protest amid heavy security http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jTn-tCeT7N5xxwFJumhoqBKAQT0A AFP News Academic freedom at risk, this time from within http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/national.aspx?ID=BD4A899213 Business Day South Africa: Education Crisis http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080699.html AllAfrica News Influx of foreign professors creates new problems for universities http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/325872.html The Hankyoreh The wrecking of a university 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http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081120154240761 University World News Vice-chancellors kidnapped in wave of violence http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081120154522508 University World News Myanmar courts imprison more democracy activists http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4JZ40iX6CTZZ8suKU3jnsICaI0QD94GV3BO4 Associated Press UKZN meeting thwarted http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-11-17-ukzn-meeting-thwarted Mail & Guardian Online US university presidents visit Iran http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_27480.shtml Persian Journal US universities take steps to attract international students http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/17/usa-university-diversity The Guardian Giant expansion for all-women university http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081113151836277 University World News Policies extend privilege, not participation http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=404298&c=1 Times Higher Education Senegalese PM deplores falling standard of education in Africa http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/africa-news/senegalese-pm-deplores-falling-standard-of-education-in-africa-2008111115652.html Afrique en Ligne Grants fiasco will stall student participation http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/12/tories-student-grants-number The Guardian Iranian-American student freed on bail http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=182252 Tehran Times No Left Turn http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/11/students-academics-leftwing-politics The Guardian Forged document students expelled http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7722943.stm BBC News Universities’ teachers take bribes and harass female students http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/lire.php?idc=127&ida=129965 El Khabar News Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Academic Travel to Cuba http://chronicle.com/news/article/5464/federal-appeals-court-upholds-ban-on-academic-travel-to-cuba The Chronicle of Higher Education Saudi Arabia pays academics best, China worst http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081106155615833 University World News Killing academics is a war crime http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081106155702414 University World News ZIMSEC Strike Exposes Education Shambles http://www.thezimbabwestandard.com/local/19204-zimsec-strike-exposes-education-shambles.html Zimbabwe Standard Kenyan students at Makerere University riot http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Kenyan_students_at_Makerere_University_riot_74400.shtml Daily Monitor, Uganda Fear of anti-terror laws leads to a growing climate of self-censorship http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=404244&c=1 Times Higher Education Restrictions on student exchanges to Cuba upheld http://www.kentucky.com/676/story/580532.html Kentucky 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drain leaving Britain 'vulnerable' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/the-brain-drain-leaving-britain-vulnerable-977892.html The Independent Foreign Academics Protest Denial of Visas to Attend Health Conference in Gaza http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=5398&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en The Chronicle of Higher Education Student denied university housing as punishment for opinions expressed on his blog http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/97956 IFEX Schoolboy Jailed for Failing to Respect the King http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/97943/ IFEX Students protest against exorbitant exam fees http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081024093731101 University World News An Arrest in Iran http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/24/iran Inside Higher Education Iranian women: fighting for the right to learn http://www.radionetherlands.nl/thestatewerein/otherstates/tswi-081025-iranian-women Radio Netherlands Worldwide When Academic Freedom Lost its Meaning http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122480129356364639.html?mod=googlenews_wsj The Wall Street Journal Rwanda: Global Higher Education Summit Opens http://allafrica.com/stories/200810230356.html AllAfrica News FoI documents reveal 'unfair promotion criteria' http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=404056&c=1 Times Higher Education Part-time study vital to UK's future economic success, review says http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=404053&c=2 Times Higher Education Somalia: the end of education http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=895&theme=rights&country=somalia Education International Zambia: Lecturers' Pay Settled - For Now http://allafrica.com/stories/200810210699.html AllAfrica News Cambodia's higher education dreams confront reality http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17878&Itemid=32 Macau Daily Times Academic freedom: exit, far left http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/academic-freedom-exit-far-left/2008/10/20/1224351149797.html The Sydney Morning Herald Security Threat or Political Threat? http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/20/ayers Inside Higher Education What is a university in SL now? http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=29584 Dily Mirror Sri Lanka University fires employee for alleging provincial elections were rigged http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/97586/ IFEX University 'committed to academic freedom' http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4719079a6004.html Waikato Times, New Zealand Afghanistan: Attacks deprive 300,000 students of education http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80506 IRIN News Two Wins for Illinois Professors http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/07/illinois Inside Higher Education Putting What Works to Better Use http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/06/aacu Inside Higher Education US: Poor students miss out in some universities http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20081002151932940 University World News Philosophy course syllabus to have religious influences http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=115513 Turkish Daily News Teachers' Unions Write-off 2008 As Academic Year http://www.thezimbabwestandard.com/local/19047-teachers-unions-write-off-2008-as-academic-year.html Zimbabwe Standard Philosophy course syllabus to have religious influences http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=115513 Turkish Daily News Lecturers fear anti-terror laws www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=403791&c=2 Times Higher Education Iran: Arrest of teachers attending a union meeting http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=876&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Morocco: ANHRI Concerned Over Alleged Targeting of University Students for Peacefully Expressing Their Opinions http://allafrica.com/stories/200810010061.html Arabic Network for Human Rights Information A Faustian Bargain for Academic Freedom http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i06/06a03601.htm The Chronicle of Higher Education Sichuan teacher who posted photos of collapsed schools now released from labour camp http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=875&theme=rights&country=china Education International Senegal: Anti-brain drain computing grid installed http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080925155107295 University World News Nigeria: Panic grips students in illegal universities http://near.edwardrobertson.net/admin/ticker-add-form.asp University World News Zimbabwean teacher trade unionist released from prison http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=874&theme=rights&country=zimbabwe Education International Bomb attack on Israeli academic http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7635386.stm BBC News St Bede's women's college closing down? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Education/St_Bedes_womens_college_closing_down/articleshow/3520309.cms The Times of India New Questions on Women, Academe and Careers http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/09/22/women Inside Higher Education Indonesia: Privatised universities may spark classism http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080918154021939 University World News University admissions procedures must be more transparent, says Denham http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/21/education.johndenham The Guardian South African Panel Says Safeguards Are Needed to Protect Academic Freedom http://chronicle.com/news/article/5183/south-african-panel-says-safeguards-needed-to-protect-academic-freedom The Chronicle of Higher Education Appeals Court Examines Educational Travel to Cuba http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/09/appeals-court-e.html The Blog of Legal Times Uzbekistan: Free Human Rights Activist http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/09/16/uzbeki19816.htm 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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/e5dd47fbed6cd0b8be0777da619cfb6f.htm Reuters/Alert Professor assassinated, Iraqi soldier injured in Baghdad http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1426749.php/Professor_assassinated_Iraqi_soldier_injured_in_Baghdad__1st_Lead_ Monsters and Critics Uganda: Pay More Attention to Education Sector http://allafrica.com/stories/200808250431.html Allafrica.com New Universities in India to Offer More Academic Freedom and Less Red Tape http://chronicle.com/news/article/5041/new-universities-in-india-to-offer-more-academic-freedom-and-less-red-tape The Chronicle of Higher Education Student unions rejoice departure http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C19%5Cstory_19-8-2008_pg13_10 Pakistan Daily Timers USD revokes invitation to feminist theologian http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20080820-9999-lz1n20usd.html San Diego Union Tribune Farzad Kamangar: sentenced to death after a five-minute trial http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=847&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Why academic freedom must be preserved http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/why-academic-freedom-must-be-preserved-20080817-3x17.html The Age Australia ZAMBIA: Students riot over lecturer strike http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080814152753806 University World News BOTSWANA: Lecturer on Zimbabwe sanctions list deported http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2008081415304279 University World News ZIMBABWE: Lecturers warn of university closures http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080814153242341 University World News EI launches urgent action appeal for Iranian teacher Farzad Kamangar http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=845&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Call for contributions to the EI Solidarity Fund to help teachers affected by the Georgia-Russian conflict http://www.ei-ie.org/en/urgentactionappeal/show.php?id=13&country=georgia Education International Georgia-Russia conflict: humanitarian crisis growing http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=846&theme=solidarityfund&country=georgia Education International Kurdish student sentenced to death http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=36F89F9970C572937AE502DBFA478E99 The Kurdish Globe Higher education: Fees see rise in numbers of poorer students stall http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/aug/12/accesstouniversity.students1 The Guardian Academic freedom - Quo Vadis? http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3581350,00.html Ynet news Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=843&theme=statusofteachers&country=algeria Education International Morocco: Student Activist Arrested for Criticising Authorities http://allafrica.com/stories/200808130014.html Arab Network for human Rights Information GLOBAL: Liberalisation shelved as talks collapse http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080807154421784 University World News Iran: Kamangar’s defenders suffer reprisals http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=842&theme=rights&country=iran Education International Palestinian scholars win Israeli support http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=403085&c=1 The Times Higher Education Gaza students appeal to Rice to reissue US visas http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/africa/ME-Palestinians-Fulbright.php The International Herlad Tribune Convicted student wins place at medical school http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/aug/07/medicine.students?gusrc=rss&feed=education The Guardian U.S. Lecturer Fired in Bahrain for Insulting Prophet Muhammad http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=22338 The Media Line Student protests intensify in Bihar 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