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Apr 7 2011, Rose Ng'ang'a

I remember in this blog I wrote something about a man (to be precise), the former Java coffee House boss John Wagner who was jailed for 15 years for allegedly defiling underage girls.
He only served for eight months before being released after a...

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Oscar, Oaxaca
Photo by: El Diario Extortionists set fire to a preschool in this lawless Mexican border city after the facility’s owners refused to pay protection money,...
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Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
The world has changed a lot since 1979 when first Afghans left their country in search of asylum but not for the Afghan refugees living in refugee camps in Pakistan and...
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Pradyumna Khan, krishnagar
Let me begin this article with a very personal experience. A friend of mine went to see his bride for his arranged marriage. He liked the girl. But after a few days, to...
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Nirav, Birmingham
Staff across England and Wales have refused to teach troublemakers after they were allowed to remain in school despite brandishing knives, attacking staff and...
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Tomoharu, Tokyo
Breakfast for parents at day-care centres, laundry and nail-clipping done at school, a pick-up service by teachers — these are some of the requests from...
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Sanwali, Shimla
Somalia\’s hardline Islamists have banned English and science studies in schools in the southern Afmadow town after the education centres there ignored the...
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Have you ever tried to call your number from your own mobile? If you haven’t try. You always get the same result....THE NUMBER IS BUSY ! This is perhaps a very...
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Jamie, Manchester
Thousands of schools face having hundreds of millions of pounds cut from their budgets as a punishment for being prudent. A third of schools, including nurseries and...
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Sanyog, Chennai
Hundreds of poor school children in Bihar’s Aurangabad district have appealed to Maoist guerrillas not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education...
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veena, delhi
Yes, this is true, Parents are being forced to undergo checks to prove they are not pedophiles simply to accompany their children to school Christmas carol...
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Hadi, Tehran
Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological “soft...
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Vicente, Madrid
A crucifix over the blackboard. An image of the Virgin Mary presiding over a classroom full of students. These pervasive Catholic symbols, still present in some Spanish...
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Global Report, Shimla
The swine flu outbreak that has affected various schools in the country has led the ministry of health to issue a ban stopping parents and guardians visiting students...
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Global Report, Shimla
Kenya is among the first countries in Africa where Swine flu was reported but the nation is now on high alert as the flu has hit once again and this time in high...
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Nitesh, Chennai
Are you having tough time figuring out which school to send your child to? The CBSE board is all set to help you out. The board is planning to set up its own national...
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Global Report, Shimla
Kenya AGO summit to promote exports Ten years since the African Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) was established, Kenya has only taken advantage of about 12 out of 6,500...
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Vincent Van Ross, New Delhi
A eleven-year old school girl Shanno Khan from an MCD in north Delhi, who went into a coma after being beaten and asked to stand under the Sun for two hours by her...
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Vaibhav Jain, Noida
The mobile phone culture has crept deeply in our country off late. No doubt, it is one of the most essential tool in today’s scenario and comes handy at many times....
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Karim Khan, Peshawar
Large numbers of government school students are facing the problem of non-availability of proper transport service in Peshawar. Not only is the problem aggravating with...
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Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
“It was on a Monday morning when I was preparing to take my son back to school after a mid term vacation when I realized all was not well with him. I almost...
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Matt, Liverpool
Well, it’s a start. David Cameron has noticed that health and safety regulations stop schools taking children out on field trips, outdoor activities or just...
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Elton, Pretoria
A group of us were sitting around discussing South African education over a cup of coffee. We weren’t really talking about the problems in education today, or the...
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Brent, Seattle
The actor, best known to youngsters as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, hopes to encourage tolerance and end the bullying of gay pupils.
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Vikas, solan
Where do teens get junk food? In more than a third of U.S. high schools, the CDC reports.A 36-state/12-city CDC study shows that in some states, teens find it much...
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Brent, Seattle
The U.S. Supreme Court was asked on Monday to consider whether a fifth-grade student’s religious expression on a classroom project can be considered
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Sasmita, pune
After Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Kerala has come out with a law prohibiting the use of mobile phone in education institutions up to higher-secondary level
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R.M.Paulraj, Bangalore
The government of Bangladesh on Tuesday took an unprecedented step towards spreading the use of Internet in the country. It has made the use of broadband Internet...
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Tom, Birmingham
Closing schools during an influenza pandemic could prevent one in seven cases of flu, British researchers said on Wednesday in a study that suggests such action would...
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Maynard, Manila
As a means to raise awareness on environmental issues and concerns on the global problems that we are facing, the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) will soon...
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Sameer Kumar, Hyderabad
- Children in a New Zealand school have been banned from bringing cakes to share on their birthdays, due to new government healthy eating guidelines.
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Maria, Melbourne
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That’s the motto of the city, but does it also apply to other locations? While things that happen between consenting adults in...
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Pankaj, Shimla
Yes # Education policy has failed to give poorer children the chance to improve their quality of life. # Parental background is very dominant in terms of predicting...
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Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Melody A. Johnson, back left, takes questions from the media, Thursday, April 30, 2009 in a class room at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas. The Fort Worth School District has...