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Education · August, 2008
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Stories about Education from August, 2008

31 August 2008

China: gold medals=a great power in sports?

51 gold medals, a comment of "truly exceptional" from IOC, and spectacular images left to the world, China held a real party of sports in 16-day Olympics. But does this...

29 August 2008

Hungary: A First-Grader's Shopping List

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

28 August 2008

Bahrain: Bogus Degrees

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Bermuda: Open Access

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

26 August 2008

China: Hacking Tsinghua University Website

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

25 August 2008

China: Olympics as a Learning Experience

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Iran: Scandal over Minister's Forged Oxford University Degree

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Ali Kordan, Iran's new Minister of the Interior, has recently been under fire for presenting a “fake” Ph.D. degree from the prestigious Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Several websites,...

24 August 2008

China: Games over

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

22 August 2008

MENA: Refused Gaza Fulbright students speak

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

A few weeks a group of students from the Gaza Strip who were due to go to the United States on Fulbright scholarships had their visas revoked at the last...