Romanians take to street
Romanian students have begun the biggest wave of nationwide protests since the 1990 student movement was broken up by miners in Bucharest. All student unions including the largest, the League, called...
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Portugal suspends tuition fee law
The incoming Socialist government in Portugal is suspending the controversial tuition fee law as promised by leader Antonio Guterres in the party election manifesto. In its place students at state...
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Expats ponder career prospects in ex-colony
With 600 days to go before Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule, expatriate academics, who are reluctant to work under a Chinese dictator, are starting to reconsider their career options. Stanley Vittoz...
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Black woman scores v-c first
Former black consciousness activist Mamphela Ramphela is to be the first black leader of an historically white university and South Africa's second woman vice chancellor. She was chosen last week as...
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Myanmar students rally for rights
Hundreds of students in Rangoon have defied the military government of Myanmar (Burma), to honour the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. They gathered in front of her home to celebrate a traditional...
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Aid for TV fans with poor sight
Visually impaired people will soon have much less difficulty in following television programmes thanks to an audio commentary that fills in the gaps between dialogue. Known as Audiotel, the technique...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a left-wing historian and anti-nuclear campaigner: "So he paces ahead of us, no longer 'lonely' but still in the van - beckoning us forward to the measureless bounty...
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A long time choosing
Social Choice, Welfare and Ethics
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Anchors, bankers... and politicians
The Bank of England 1694-1994 - The Central Bank and the Financial System - The Future of Central Banking
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Cuddly capitalism
Capitalism With Morality - Real Freedom For All - The World After Communism - Economic Democracy - Passions and Constraints
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Dole line management
Actively Seeking Work
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Long march to reform
Economic Reform and State-Owned Enterprises in China 1979-1987 - Agricultural Reforms and Grain Production in China
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Married to the mop
The Social and Political Economy of the Household - The Measurement of Household Welfare
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On His shide of the street
Religion in Africa - The Church in Africa 1450-1950 - A History of Christianity in Africa
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Ottomans on the couch
An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1914