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Student tuition fees protest – London

It promises to be a strong response from the youth of this country, who are demanding cheaper, and in many cases, free education. The police are already waiting for them, armed with plastic bullets.

Egypt’s top students call for colleagues’ release

CAIRO – Up to 120 top students at Al-Azhar University yesterday organised a protest at the headquarters of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, calling for the release of two other top students. The pair were arrested late on Wednesday and …

Telford staff vote for strike action in bid to save jobs

Around 300 staff and students gathered outside the office of Telford's principal, Miles Dibsdall, earlier this week to protest . The EIS union is considering taking strike action over the plans if it is the only way to protect jobs. …

Student-run Day of Silence to protest homophobia

WESTERN school trustees are “totally” OK with students at Morden Collegiate holding an anti-homophobia Day of Silence Wednesday — even though the school board cancelled a similar event last month. “I give the students a lot of credit for organizing …

Security forces crackdown on student protest in Aleppo

Thousands of students took to the streets of Aleppo in one of the city's biggest demonstrations so far to demand an end to the military siege of other cities in Syria including Homs, Deraa and Banias. Security forces cracked down on the demonstration …

UW students cited during sit-in protest against

Dozens of University of Washington students were cited during a sit-in protest over the school's contract with a multi-national food corporation on Wednesday. SEATTLE — Dozens of University of Washington students were cited during a …

Abortion protest: Too graphic?

While campus group Students for Life's message came across loud and clear, passersby also chimed in on the abortion discussion Wednesday, May 11, on McMicken Commons. As warm weather hits the University of Cincinnati, “free speech zones” on McMicken …

Harawira’s lecture cancelled after protest threats

Hone Harawira's guest lecture at Auckland University tonight has been cancelled after threats of protest. The controversial MP was invited to speak on the Foreshore and Seabed Act by the university's Maori Law Students' Association. …

Play at Mercyhurst based on writings of activist killed in Mideast struggle

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old peace activist from Olympia, Wash., and a student at the Evergreen State College, was crushed to death on March 26, 2003, by an Israeli bulldozer. She had been demonstrating nonviolently in Rafah, on the Gaza Strip, …

LSU student to burn American flag in peaceful protest

Your thoughts: BATON ROUGE- An LSU student is planning to burn an American flag on the school's campus today as part of a peaceful protest. Benjamin Haas, a communications studies graduate student, says he's burning the flag in support of Isaac Eslava. …

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