Teacher helps pupils cheat, but gets answers wrong

LONDON – A teacher in Britain helped her students cheat but got the answers wrong, reveals a probe initiated after 18 out of 19 pupils gave the same incorrect answer in the exam.

Investigators found that students had been illegally helped by the teacher during the exam, Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs).
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Malaysian school for pregnant teens gets its first pupils

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s first ‘School of Hope’ for pregnant teenagers began its work Monday with five girls joining it.

Four Malays and an ethnic Chinese students resumed their studies in Forms Four and Five at the school in Malacca state.
The teenagers, accompanied by their parents, were first required to make their … Original source on Gaea Times at : Malaysian school for pregnant teens gets its first pupils.

Legal challenges to NCAA threaten to redefine the definition of ‘amateur’ athlete

Lawsuits seek to compensate college athletes

SAN FRANCISCO – Basketball star Ed O’Bannon and quarterback Sam Keller each earned most valuable player awards during their collegiate careers.
Now, years after playing their final games, they are pursuing what they consider a more significant collegiate legacy. They are attempting through federal lawsuits to force the NCAA to share … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Legal challenges to NCAA threaten to redefine the definition of ‘amateur’ athlete.

Deputy spoke with missing California sect members while they were praying outside school

Missing Calif. members prayed outside school

PALMDALE, Calif. – A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy spoke with members of a break-off religious sect that has been reported missing while they were praying in their parked vehicles outside of a Palmdale high school.
Capt. Mike Parker says when the deputy made contact at 3 a.m. Saturday, the adults …. Source article  : Deputy spoke with missing California sect members while they were praying outside school.

Foreign diplomats learn to speak Chinese

BEIJING – An institute here has started a 10-week Chinese-speaking course for foreign diplomats, a media report said Sunday.

Fifty-six diplomats from 26 countries will attend the course every weekend, China Daily reported.
The programme was launched Saturday by the Confucius Institute.
Diplomats and their spouses will spend two-and-a-half hours every weekend learning how to speak …. Source article  : Foreign diplomats learn to speak Chinese.

Chinese think cost of raising children very high

BEIJING – About 87 percent of Chinese believe the cost of raising children is very high, a study has shown.

Some 3,283 people took part in the study carried out by Chinese website sina.com based on a finding by a Nanjing-based university, China Daily reported.
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Pope beatifies Anglican convert, praises those in Britain who fought the Nazi regime

Pope praises courage of those who fought the Nazis

BIRMINGHAM, England – Pope Benedict XVI beatified Cardinal John Henry Newman at an open-air Mass on Sunday and marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with a personal reflection on the evil of the Nazi regime, praising those who “courageously” resisted it.
It was the second …. Original source  : Pope beatifies Anglican convert, praises those in Britain who fought the Nazi regime.