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  • Italy has lowest graduate share in Europe

    Italy has the lowest graduation rates in Europe with just one-fifth of people aged 30-34 holding a university degree, according to a study. A total of 31 percent of Italian families cannot afford to pay for their children's university studies, and must take out loans or have their offspring seek jobs to help fund tuition and living costs, said the report by charity Save the Children. It said ...

  • Gazans Dying to Enter Israel

    - Israel’s crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural ...

  • Seniors face loss of home due to grow op conviction

    A Calgary woman who pleaded guilty more than two years ago to possessing a small marijuana grow operation in her southeast Calgary home is now fighting the government's application to seize her property as proceeds of crime. Heng Kiet Kouch, 65, who lives in the home with her 88-year-old mother, has conceded that her home was used to cultivate marijuana but is asking Court of Queen's ...

  • Watch jihadist rant Muslims are dying daily by British soldiers hands. And this British soldier is an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

    A young man with bloodied hands holds a knife and a meat cleaver soaked in blood as he faces the camera to say he has just killed a soldier on a London street in retaliation for the deaths of Muslims killed by British troops in faraway lands.As the man speaks, a woman in a blue skirt pulls a shopping cart down the pavement towards him, glances briefly in the direction of a corpse lying in the ...

  • Boss who beats Ferguson in longevity stakes retires

    Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson applauds to the crowd while arriving on the pitch at Old Trafford for the last time before retiring, before the English Premier League soccer match against Swansea City at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, northern England May 12, 2013. REUTERS/Phil ...

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Warrior

Warrior

Its a shame that Gavin OConnors Warrior isnt doing better at the box office, because it is easily one of the best sports dramas in recent years. A frequently powerful, consistently engaging, and unexpectedly honest depiction of the decades-spanning impact of alcoholism and familial abuse, ... ...

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  • Sex assaults against elderly a concern

    Ground-breaking research is exposing a largely hidden crime. Hundreds of cases of sexual assault against elderly people occur every year and it's feared many more go ...

  • Hazel Hawke dies aged 83

    HAZEL Hawke, ex-wife of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died aged 83, following a battle with dementia. Her family issued a statement on Thursday night saying she passed away peacefully after succumbing to complications of the disease. Her family said they appreciate the great affection many have for Hazel, but have asked for privacy. There will be a private funeral for family and close ...

  • Sick Inmates Dying Behind Bars Despite Release Program

    Nearly 30 years ago, Congress gave terminally ill inmates and prisoners with extraordinary family circumstances an early way out, known as compassionate ...

  • Cask ahoy Winery tests ocean aging

    CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A California winery this week recovered four cases of cabernet sauvignon that were submerged in Charleston Harbor three months ago in the first phase of an experiment to determine the effect of ocean aging on ...

  • Aging Asia to strain worlds long-term economic growth think-tank

    The Asia-Pacific region will continue to power global economic growth in 2013, but the region's increasing aging population will cast a shadow on the long-term development, according to a Canadian think-tank."Productivity gains and a large, young working-age population have done much to boost Asian economic growth over the past three decades. But Asia's demographic dividend is ...

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