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GORDON Brown is facing demands from his Scottish MPs to take action over the so-called "West Lothian Question", with some calling for the resurrection of English regional assemblies as the solution, The Scotsman can reveal. The Prime Minister has resolutely refused to get involved in the debate over Scottish MPs' voting rights, despite a sustained campaign by the Conservative Party, which is starting to mobilise and inflame public opinion in England. .
New Study Outlines 12 Reasons for Soaring College Costs
Higher education think tank releases new report on why college costs continue to rise and questions whether we are "over-investing" in higher education. Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 19, 2007 -- Today, the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP), a higher education think tank based in Washington, DC, released a new study outlining 12 reasons for soaring college tuition and questioning whether the government is spending too much money on higher education as a whole. The report, "Over Invested and Over Priced: American Higher Education Today" offers a fresh perspective on the financial problems plaguing America's colleges and universities and urges government bodies to adopt reforms consistent with free-market principles. The study is authored by Dr.
Briefly in Tompkins
As part of the commemoration of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, the Tompkins-Cortland Community College Gay-Straight Alliance, with support of the College Entertainment Board, will host five sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt. The quilt will be on display 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 through the week in the TC3 Forum. Other events are planned, including remarks at 11 a.m. and noon today by a student and a speaker from Planned Parenthood; at 7 p.m. Thursday, a showing of "Bloodlines," a documentary of HIV-positive young adults; and an information table staffed by STAP on Thursday. .
Monks march in Myanmar for first time since crackdown
YANGON, MYANMAR — More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave of anti-government demonstrations. The monks marched for nearly an hour in the town of Pakokku, chanting a Buddhist prayer that has come to be associated with the pro-democracy cause. They did not carry signs or shout slogans, but their action was clearly in defiance of the military government, as one monk spelled out in a radio interview. "We are continuing our protest from last month, as we have not yet achieved any of the demands we asked for," the monk told the Democratic Voice of Burma, a Norway-based shortwave radio station and website run by dissident journalists.
City Gets OK on Midtown Plaza
Rochester will press on with its efforts to acquire Midtown Plaza, so that it can be leveled and redeveloped. City Council authorized the acquisition of the six city blocks. Rochester will first attempt to negotiate with property owners, including Blackacre, which owns the plaza and Midtown Tower. Governor Spitzer pledged $50-million to see Midtown knocked down, so the way can be cleared for a new world headquarters for PAETEC and other businesses. The Perinton telecom would move its operation and its 600 employees downtown. ll City of Rochester
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Monks march for first time since last month's crackdown
More than 100 Buddhist monks marched and chanted in northern Myanmar for nearly an hour today, in the first such march since the government's deadly crackdown last month on pro-democracy demonstrations, two monks said. The monks in the town of Pakokku did not shout slogans or make political statements, but the town was the scene of some of the pro-democracy protests led by monks last month that were stamped out after troops opened fire on demonstrators during the September 26-27 crackdown. The monks started their march at Shwegu Pagoda in Pakokku, a center for Buddhist learning with more than 80 monasteries about 630 kilometers (390 miles) northwest of the country's commercial center of Yangon. They marched for nearly one hour chatting Buddhist prayers without incident, and then returned to the respective monasteries, two monks said in telephone interviews.
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