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Tax the rich for education!
by Daphne Liddle
THOUSANDS of students took to the streets of London on Wednesday to repeat the message of last year’s march against the tripling of tuition fees and the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance and the privatisation of universities
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End of Berlusconi era in Italy
by Eric J Lyman in Rome
BELEAGUERED Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to stand down after parliamentary assent to a new austerity package. Demands for his resignation had grown following a big blow in a budget vote in parliament on Tuesday when his centre-right governing coalition lost its majority.
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