The second iteration of the Google Art Project has greatly expanded the number of museums and artworks available.

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Critic’s Notebook: Google Art Project’s Expanded Offerings

From Monday, Northern Ireland will be the first place in the UK where microchipping of dogs is compulsory, making it easier to identify dogs and potentially reducing the number of strays.

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VIDEO: Compulsory microchipping for dogs

The UK Border and Immigration Agency has not put enough members of staff on duty to cope with the number of passport checks that will be needed over the busy Easter break, according to a front line officer.

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AUDIO: Border row: ‘We will be overwhelmed’

While browsing Twitter recently, I happened upon an interesting tweet by Reem Abdellatif, a self-described “Egyptian-American journalist based in Cairo”: #McDonald ‘s has set up trash bins in #Cairo , mainly in #Zamalek , in efforts to “keep Egypt clean,” as the red bins say in #Arabic . — Reem Abdellatif ريم (@Reem_Abdellatif) March 27, 2012 I spent about a month and a half in Cairo back in the summer of 2010—not a terribly long stay, but enough time to become well-acquainted with Cairo’s environmental struggles. In what seems to me to be a very conservative figure, the CIA World Factbook estimates that 10 million people call Cairo home. If the city’s sprawling suburbs are taken in to account, however, the number is probably closer to 20 million. With 14 million cars in the city, it doesn’t take much imagination to conceive of the devastating toll these numbers take on the environment. Here, for instance, is a picture I took in 2010. Can you spot the pyramids?

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Keeping Egypt Clean

A historian using statistical methods to study digital census records says the number of dead in the US Civil War was 20% higher than previously thought.

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How many soldiers died in the US Civil War?

KABUL — The Afghan man involved in the Wednesday attack that occurred during Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s visit to Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan died from burns, said Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the number two American commander in Afghanistan. Read full article > >

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Afghan man who crashed truck near Panetta plane dies from burns

Bankruptcy lawyers have a frightening message for America: They’re seeing the telltale signs of a student loan debt bubble that is placing increased financial pressure on families struggling with their children’s mounting debt. According to a recent survey by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys , more than 80 percent of bankruptcy lawyers have seen a substantial increase in the number of clients seeking relief from student loans in recent years. Read full article > >

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Student loans seen as potential ‘next debt bomb’ for U.S. economy

There has been a 6% rise in the number of EU students applying to Scottish universities – where they will pay no fees.

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Rise in EU students for Scotland

A trade agreement between the United States and China expands the number of movie exports, focusing on 3-D or large-screen Imax format extravaganzas.

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More 3-D, Less Reality in U.S.-China Movie Pact

“When you include the number of people who have quit looking for work because they’re convinced the Obama administration’s economy is so bad they can’t find a job, it jumps up to about 12 percent. When you include the number of people who have part-time jobs who wish they had a full-time job, it’s at 16 percent or 17 percent. I mean, this is an administration which has actually shrunk the workforce fairly dramatically. In the last year, it’s the lowest male participation rate in the labor force since the 1940s — so right after World War II.” Read full article > >

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The unemployment number: Is Gingrich right that it’s flawed?

Fewer people were declared insolvent in 2011 in England and Wales than in 2010, but the number of companies going bust increased.

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Personal insolvencies ‘down 11%’

A proposed change to depression’s definition could greatly expand the number of people treated, a new study says.

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Depression’s Criteria May Be Changed to Include Grieving

The government has overestimated the number of people who will be helped back into employment by its work programme, the National Audit Office says.

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Warning over back-to-work scheme

Divers find the body of a woman in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, bringing the number of people confirmed dead to 13.

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Cruise ship body takes toll to 13

There was a 4% rise in the number of female professors at UK universities last year, figures show.

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More women become UK professors