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By By JENNA WORTHAM and NICK BILTON, on May 21st, 2013 David Karp, founder of Tumblr, got his education not in high school or college but in the world of Internet start-ups.
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By Justin Green, on May 20th, 2013 The Wall Street Journal reports that the average college graduate from the class of 2013 will enjoy a lovely $30,000 in student debt.
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Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
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A 48-year-old British man living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children, aged five and 10.
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UK astronaut Tim Peake is to fly to the International Space Station, launching on a Soyuz rocket in November or December 2015.
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A man and a woman are found dead at the scene of a suspected gas explosion at a Nottinghamshire house.
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap into the new chic as luxury falls out of favour. Wealthy Chinese used to stop over in Hong Kong for a few days to pick up a Louis Vuitton bag or a wristwatch for up to 40 per cent less than in Beijing or Shanghai. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Danone Group joint venture has agreed to take a stake worth about HK$3.6 billion in China Mengniu Dairy, marking a comeback for the French company in China where food scares have hit consumer confidence. China Mengniu, one of the country’s largest dairy producers, also said on Monday it would set up an 80 per cent-owned joint venture with Danone to develop a chilled yoghurt product portfolio in China, Hong Kong and Macau. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan (HK$500 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said according to state media Monday. The sector has been losing an average of one billion yuan a day since the end of March, the Beijing Times said, citing Li Xirong, head of the National Animal Husbandry Service. H7N9 avian influenza has infected 130 people in China, killing 35, since it was found in humans for the first time, according to latest official data. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 
Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior member of Imran Khan’s Movement for Justice party, has been shot dead in the city of Karachi.
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Singer Bonnie Tyler is set to make her Eurovision debut on Saturday when she performs UK entry Believe In Me at the annual contest in Malmo, Sweden.
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Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, rally in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.
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A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
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No 10 denies that “anyone in Downing Street” made comments reported in several newspapers describing Tory activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
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The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko calls for the inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry.
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The education secretary is like a “fanatical personal trainer” who urges schools to jump higher and run faster, a head teachers’ leader is to say.
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By By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM, on May 17th, 2013 College graduates who grew up in New York know what they are up against when they move back.
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The inquest into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko could be replaced by a form of public inquiry to allow evidence about Russia’s alleged role in the killing to be heard in secret.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 The UN’s refugee agency says that more than 1.5m people have fled the conflict in Syria, and warns the total is likely to be far higher.
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By By RON LIEBER, on May 17th, 2013 Young writers show an appetite for risk in college application essays about money, class and the economy, submitted at a columnist’s invitation.
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Pupils ‘need early porn warnings’
Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
Continue reading Pupils ‘need early porn warnings’
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