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  • College to cut jobs and courses
    23 May 2012

    A COLLEGE in one of the most deprived parts of Scotland is cutting courses and jobs following Government funding...

  • Fixed-term teaching plan
    23 May 2012

    SCOTTISH teachers should get five-year fixed-term contracts as part of moves to drive up school standards, the...

  • New exam is 'aimless and unsuitable'
    22 May 2012

    THE headteacher of a leading Scottish private school that pulled out of controversial new qualifications has told...

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  • Farm worker guilty of Terre'blanche murder
    23 May 2012

    A South African court has found a black farm worker guilty of murdering Eugene Terre'blanche, a white supremacist prominent during the dying years of apartheid, after a dispute over wages.

  • Niagara 'suicide' man survives
    23 May 2012

    ONTARIO: A man survived a plunge of at least 180ft over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt – only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.

  • 24 killed in Indian rail disaster
    23 May 2012

    At least 24 people were killed and dozens injured when a passenger train rammed into parked freight wagons and caught fire in southern India yesterday.

  • Sober ceremony after fatal blast
    23 May 2012

    Yemeni leaders led a sombre ceremony yesterday to mark the country's National Day, scaling back celebrations a day after a suicide bombing killed nearly 100 soldiers in a rehearsal for a military parade.

  • Jury sworn in for Mauritius trial
    23 May 2012

    A jury has been sworn in for the trial of two men accused of strangling the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte in Mauritius.

  • Syrian police kill two rebels as UN monitors enter town
    23 May 2012

    SYRIAN police killed two people yesterday when they opened fire on a crowd that came out to welcome United Nations observers in the eastern province of Deir al Zor, a rebel official said.

  • Suicide bomber kills 90 in military parade blast
    22 May 2012

    A suicide bomber infiltrated a rehearsal of a military parade in Sanaa yesterday, killing at least 90 people, and wounding a further 200, mostly soldiers.

  • Election result adds to turmoil
    22 May 2012

    Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic has won the Serbian presidency, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its attempts to join the European Union.