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A university official told the BBC that the students lacked enthusiasm and did not have a basic grasp of English.

JAKARTA, (AP):One of Indonesia's most influential Islamic groups is urging the government to cancel the Miss World pageant scheduled for next month, saying the exposure of skin by women in a competition violates Muslim teachings, an official said...

NEW YORK (AP):When students go back to school this year, New York City will have a lesson for drivers who go too fast near schools.

NEW YORK (AP):When 250,000 marchers converged on Washington in August 1963, the issues were jobs and freedom.

The group has urged the government to cancel the pageant, saying the exposure of skin by women in a competition violates Muslim teachings, an official said Monday.

Yannis Stournaras says Greece would need about €10 billion if the situation arises.

The intensifying battle over gay marriage in the United States is energising religious groups that oppose same-sex relationships, but also dividing them.I

NEW DELHI, India (AP):Police yesterday arrested the last of five men wanted in the gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, and said charges would be filed soon in a case that has incensed the public and fueled debate over whether women can be safe in...

GROVELAND,California (AP):Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to protect mountain communities in the path of a fire raging north of Yosemite National Park, as fierce winds gust on Sierra mountain ridges and flames jump from treetop to treetop.

WASHINGTON (AP):Tens of thousands of marchers kicked off the 50th anniversary commemorations of the march on Washington, honouring the civil-rights progress made since Martin Luther King Jr delivered his 'I have a Dream' speech, while lamenting what...

Park officials say the week-old Rim Fire grew to 164 square miles by yesterday morning, and had burned 17 square miles at the edge of the park by the afternoon.

NEW YORK, BUFFALO, (AP):Calling higher education an "economic imperative", President Barack Obama is pushing for an ambitious new government rating system for colleges that would judge schools on affordability and performance and ultimately determine...