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Symposium for Bishops and Religious Superiors on Sexual Abuse

A meeting on child abuse brought together representatives of national bishops' conferences and the leaders of 33 religious orders as well as...

by Alessandro Serranò in Italy on 09/02/2012

Politics

Occupy London opens School of Ideas for events, workshops and lectures

The new School of Ideas opens on Featherstone Street for events, workshops and lectures. It comes after the closure of The Bank of Ideas, an Occupy...

by Maciek Musialek in United Kingdom on 09/02/2012

Society

The Msamaria Mwema Children's Home in Nairobi

The Msamaria Mwema Children's Home in Nairobi, that caters for children whose parents died of a HIV/Aids infection. It has more than one hundred...

by evans habil in Kenya on 08/02/2012

BREAKING NEWS

09/02/2012 - Symposium for Bishops and Religious Superiors on Sexual Abuse - Italy - A meeting on child abuse brought...
09/02/2012 - Occupy London opens School of Ideas for events, workshops and lectures - United Kingdom - The new School of Ideas opens on...
08/02/2012 - Knesset Celebrates 63 Years in an Open House Event - Jerusalem - Israel - Thousands of Israelis visit the Knesset...
07/02/2012 - Massive protests against Government cuts - Madrid. - Spain - Thousands of people demonstrated in a...
06/02/2012 - Protest demonstration over lack of jobs in the teaching - Pakistan - The candidates who passed an entry test...
04/02/2012 - People receive agricultural produce offered for free - Thessaloniki - Greece - Farmers from the Greek province of...
04/02/2012 - Exceptional student council election in primary school, Dhaka - Bangladesh - Exceptional student council election...
04/02/2012 - Exceptional student council election in primary school, Dhaka - Bangladesh - Exceptional student council election...
03/02/2012 - Mexican teachers demand removal of union leader - Mexico - Thousands of Mexican elementary school...
03/02/2012 - Mexican teachers demand removal of union leader - Mexico - Thousands of Mexican elementary school...

Latest News

Demonstration by Green Tide against privatization of education
The Green Tide demonstrates against the privatization model imposed on society. The group wears green flags and holds banners with statistics of the current education system in Sol Squa...
The rise of the Lomography in the Digital Age
Insomnium Community, Klastic, and the Malang Lomography society held a black-white lomo photo exhibition, with theme "Noire" at Galeri IFI, Surabaya. Featuring 30 photos from ...
St Albans Railway Signal Box Open Day
The restored St Albans Railway Signal Box had an open day as part of the St Albans Model Railway Exhibition. Network Rail are planning to remove all of the manual type signal boxes thro...
Chileans March for fairer Education System - Santiago
Chilean students took to the streets again in a march protesting for a more just education system. Some outbreaks of violence took place as demonstrators clashed with riot police who u...
Julius Malema - An unlikely leader
Julius Sello Malema is a South African politician, and the former president of the African National Congress Youth League. Malema occupies a controversial position in South African publ...
Flooding closes central Bangkok schools for more than two months
Thailands devestating floods closed 'unaffected' schools in Bangkok for more than two months, causing Thai schoolchildren to miss large proportions of their learning in 2011. ...
About 10000 people attended the rally against cuts in education
After one day strike, with a high follow-up and no remarkable incident, thousands of people marched through the streets of Barcelona against the cuts in the public education system. Bar...
Peaceful students and Cobas demonstration
A Peaceful demonstration of Italian students and Cobas labor union (Comitati di Base della Scuola) in Rome protesting against the new Government lead by Mr Mario Monti. Rome, Italy. 17t...
Education strike demonstration in Berlin
A strike by students against the current economic crisis affecting the education sector, issue a campaign and demonstration through Berlin attended by several thousand pupils, students ...
Festival Semibreve begins in Braga
Semibreve Festival is an event focused on electronic music and digital art. The Festival will take place in Braga (Portugal), from 10 to 13 of November 2011. 10th November 2011
Student Protest over University fees - London
A student protest, organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, took place in the capital against government plans for a market-driven higher education system and higher tu...
School children in Nyanga District
Zimbabwe’s education system was once among the best in Africa. Despite decline in recent years due to hyperinflation and political unrest, the infrastructure is still maintained in scho...
The Mayan culture fights for survival
To say that the Mayan civilization disappeared is not only an inaccuracy, but a great disservice to more than 6 million Maya living today in Guatemala, Mexico and Belize. Coba, Mexico....
March for Education Reform - Santiago
Leaders of the students confederation of Chile, CONFECH, described as "wonderful" the call to march that saw around 200,000 join in renewed demands for education reform. Some ...
Madrid teachers strike over budget cuts
Hundreds of public school teachers go on strike in Madrid to protest staff cuts, as anger over government austerity measures spread to Spain’s education system. Spain. 13th October 2011...
Teachers sleep in their schools to protest cutbacks
Spanish teachers decided to sleep in Conde de Orgaz high school with parents and students. Secondary school teachers have called for another three days of strikes in protest of educati...
Chilean student protest ends in clashes with Police - Santiago
High school and college students marched in the capital in renewed demands for education reforms. Towards the end of the march, hooded protesters clashed with riot police who used tearg...
Demonstration for the education system in France - Marseilles
Approximately 3,000 people gathered down the streets of Marseilles to protest against the government lack of support in the education and higher education system. 27th September 2011
National University of Malaysia 39th Convocation
National University of Malaysia (UKM) 39th Convocation ceremony. Bangi, Malaysia. 27 September, 2011
Ubaya Students make the Longest Comic Strip Recorded in a World Record
Students make a 200 meter comic strip along white cloth, with black images. The comics were made in three days by hundreds of art painters. Indonesia's longest comic received an aw...