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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 , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday — one exploring China’s social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart. Jia Zhangke’s “A Touch of Sin” depicts facets of fast-changing China that the government prefers to avoid: corruption, greed, violent crime and the growing gap between economic winners and losers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
Analysis suggests schools are facing an uphill battle to recruit head teachers, with one in four having to re-advertise jobs.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> New York’s Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa. The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that money be given only to “a person of the Caucasian race” from Iowa. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ten rights lawyers petitioned a key National People’s Congress commission yesterday, calling for legitimising same-sex marriage on the mainland, ahead of today’s annual International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The lawyers, from law firms across the mainland, signed a joint letter calling for the law committee of the NPC to study the legalisation of gay marriage. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds that flattened mud and straw huts and forced the evacuation of more than one million people. The eye of the storm was expected to reach land Thursday evening, but at least 18 deaths related to Mahasen already have been reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Internet users have been warned to be careful when seeking casual relationships online after a mainland businessman lost HK$300,000 in cash and valuables through such a liaison. The man, 34, got to know the woman through mobile messaging service WeChat and invited her to his room in the Sheraton Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday night. She told him she was visiting from Beijing for sightseeing and would return to the mainland today. Carrying a suitcase, the Putonghua-speaking woman in her 20s arrived at his room late on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Consumer Council warned Hongkongers on Wednesday to beware of the deceptive tactics used by some salespeople trying to entice them into buying or renewing hotel or dining club memberships. The consumer watchdog said that it had received 124 complaints dealing with club memberships last year, down from 132 in 2011. And despite fewer complaints, the watchdog said, the nature of the sales practices had worsened from merely misleading to bordering on deceptive. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A hawkish Chinese general has possibly opened a Pandora’s box on territorial disputes in East Asia by saying that the Ryukyu Islands including Okinawa do not belong to Japan. Luo Yuan, a People’s Liberation Army two-star general, has said that Japan could not rightfully claim sovereignty over the islands, because they had started paying tribute to China half a millenium before they had done so to Japan. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Lawmakers across the political spectrum said yesterday that no one stood to gain after an 11-day debate triggered by radical legislators’ filibustering came to an end. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Marlow Stern, on May 14th, 2013 ‘Frances Ha’ filmmaker Noah Baumbach and star/co-writer Greta Gerwig on hipsters and Brooklyn.
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan seized a Taiwanese fishing boat inside its exclusive economic zone on Tuesday, the first incident since Tokyo and Taipei signed a fishing rights accord for disputed waters, the Fisheries Agency said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Senior state counsel Tai Wei Shyong said there were no signs of foul play, but Todd’s parents believe he was killed in connection with his work for a Singapore research institute with alleged links to a Chinese firm accused of involvement in international espionage. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s presidential race has entered a new, unpredictable phase after two game-changing politicians, both out of favour with the country’s leaders, signed up as candidates in the final minutes of a five-day registration period. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A US naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived off South Korea on Saturday for drills, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea. The Nimitz Strike Group includes 64 aircraft as well as cruisers and destroyers, said the group’s commander, Rear Admiral Mike S. White, after the aircraft carrier anchored off the southern port of Busan. “I believe it’s critically important that we maintain our inter-operability with our partners like the Republic of Korea South Korea”, White told journalists. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS (AP) — A nine-year-old breach of contract case against casino giant Las Vegas Sands neared an end Friday, after jurors heard conflicting stories from lawyers about the role a Hong Kong businessman played in helping Sands enter the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. Sands attorney Richard Sauber said in his closing argument that the company knew about opportunities in Macau in the early 2000s and did not need the help of plaintiff Richard Suen. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A buttoned-down Prince Harry joined Michelle Obama in honouring military families on Thursday and toured an exhibition in Congress about land-mines, opening a weeklong US visit devoted to the wounded victims of war. Shrieking onlookers gave him the pop-star treatment, but he was all royal business. The British soldier-prince had one of America’s most storied wounded warriors, the wisecracking Senator John McCain, at his side as he viewed a display of land-mine photos, maps and mine-detection equipment, staged by a charity held dear by his late mother, Princess Diana. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By THE NEW YORK TIMES, on May 10th, 2013 Alex Ferguson, who produced 13 league championships at Manchester United, is a candidate for the title of greatest coach in history. The other names that emerge might be surprising.
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Arizona jury found Jodi Arias guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend in a capital trial that riveted America for months with graphic sexual evidence and bizarre testimony. Arias, who could face the death penalty as her case goes into the penalty phase of the trial on Thursday, has admitted to shooting 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home in June 2008. He had been shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and his throat had been slashed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> At least eight people were feared dead after a container ship smashed into a control tower in Italy’s busiest port in Genoa. The 50-metre high, glass-topped tower was destroyed when the Jolly Nero ploughed into the dock during the night. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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‘Fanatical’ Gove attacked by union
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.
Continue reading ‘Fanatical’ Gove attacked by union
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