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New global education research by Pearson, the world's leading education company, identifies key lessons for education reform in Gulf
• New findings can help Gulf governments build on educational successes of recent years
• Finland and South Korea top the table of education 'superpowers'
• New global education data bank drawn from fifty nations offers new insights into the “black box” of educational outcomes
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 11:03
In Saudi Town, Women Protest Detentions, Leading to Their Own
Last weekend, Saudi security forces encircled and arrested a small group of women who were protesting the long-term detention of relatives without charges on suspicion of terrorism, and the event has touched off nearly a week of unrest in the Saudi town of Buraida.
Last Updated on Friday, 11 January 2013 08:59
Istanbul, TR – 08 Jan 2013 - IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation and Qatar-RAF Foundation have sent 850 tons of flour to crisis-hit Syrians.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 20:56
Today, Monday 7th January 2013, Vanessa Whiteley, a British writer from Cotham, and the poetry evenings coordinator of last year's Palestine-Bristol Film Festival, has started a fast with five Bristolians in solidarity with five Palestinian prisoners who are on indefinite hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Last Updated on Monday, 07 January 2013 18:00
The current 2012 Christmas was celebrated in the most difficult human and political situations, especially in the Middle East. This was reflected by cartoons, paintings and photography. Unfortunately many of such creative work were circulated on-line unsigned.
Last Updated on Friday, 28 December 2012 08:25
