Monday, 15 November 2010
Saturday, 13 November 2010
The end of education for all?
All of we are aware of what has happened in the Britain during the past week regarding the increase of the tuition fees of university students. I have also followed the updates regularly and today when I was reading the news online, I found this very alarming questions put forward by guests in Alzeera. Hopefully this is not the future.
The UK government has announced plans to raise university tuition fees by up to $14,000 a year.
Scotland abolished tuition fees in 2000, but in the rest of Britain they are capped at about $4,800 a year. However, the coalition government plans to triple that and to cut funding to universities as it strives to slash $128bn from public expenditure over the next four years.
Students have reacted by storming the offices of the ruling Conservative Party.
Is the government shifting the burden from the state to students? Is the age of affordable education for all coming to an end? Is university education becoming a luxury or is it about time that the subsidised system was reviewed?
To read further follow the link below:
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2010/11/2010111381932848850.html
The UK government has announced plans to raise university tuition fees by up to $14,000 a year.
Scotland abolished tuition fees in 2000, but in the rest of Britain they are capped at about $4,800 a year. However, the coalition government plans to triple that and to cut funding to universities as it strives to slash $128bn from public expenditure over the next four years.
Students have reacted by storming the offices of the ruling Conservative Party.
Is the government shifting the burden from the state to students? Is the age of affordable education for all coming to an end? Is university education becoming a luxury or is it about time that the subsidised system was reviewed?
To read further follow the link below:
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2010/11/2010111381932848850.html
Burma releases Aung San Suu Kyi
This is to follow up my my blog post on Aung San Suu Kyi. It seems she has finally been released and we hope that it remains this way, though I have the feeling that it is just a strategy on the part of the Government to gain international support and she will be back in the house arrest soon.
The military authorities in Burma have released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
The military authorities in Burma have released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
She has appeared in front of a crowd of her supporters who rushed to her house in Rangoon when nearby barricades were removed by the security forces.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years.
Earlier, Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer warned that she was highly unlikely to accept a conditional release if it excluded her from political activity.
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Friday, 12 November 2010
Plane engine failed because of oil fire
Rolls Royce should really be sorry for the recent incident that occurred with the Quantas airlines A380 planes. After all its the latest edition in the aviation history and one cannot tolerate such things to happen with expensive machines like this. Moreover hundreds of lives are in question, so it should be looked at more seriously.
Rolls-Royce said Friday that the failure of a specific component of its Trent 900 engine caused an oil fire that then forced a Qantas A380 to make an emergency landing.
"The failure was confined to a specific component in the turbine area of the engine," the engine maker said. "This caused an oil fire, which led to the release of the intermediate pressure turbine disc. "
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Burma generals 'sign Aung San Suu Kyi release order'
Reports are coming out of Burma saying the military authorities have signed an order authorising the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
But hopes that the Nobel laureate would be freed on Friday appear to be fading. A leader of her National League for Democracy told 2,000 supporters gathered at the party headquarters to go home and return on Saturday.
Ms Suu Kyi has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years, and her house arrest term expires on Saturday.
There has been increased police activity outside her house in Rangoon, but as yet no official confirmation of any release order.
However, Ms Suu Kyi is not expected to accept a conditional release if it excludes her from political activity.
The 65-year-old was originally due to be released last year, but a case involving an American who swam across Inya Lake to her home, claiming he was on a mission to save her, prompted the latest 18-month detention.
Finally is it really happening? Lets keep our fingers crossed. I have posted on this issue before and hope fully next itme I will have new things to say. Keep your eyes on that.
Please follow the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11740798
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Myanmar court denies Suu Kyi appeal
A Myanmar court has rejected an appeal by the country's detained opposition leader against her house arrest, amid hopes she will be released.
It was the third and final appeal by Aung San Suu Kyi, 65, who has spent most of the last 20 years locked up in her home in Yangon.
Never the less, officials said on Wednesday that preparations for Aung San Suu Kyi's anticipated release - within days of Sunday's general elections - were under way.
Lawyers for the Nobel peace laureate said they expected her to be freed on Saturday, when the latest detention order expires, but had hoped she would also be acquitted to prove her innocence.
Nyan Win, one of Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers, said the court posted its decision on a public notice board on Thursday, saying only that the appeal was turned down and giving no explanation.
"The court rejected our appeal and upholds the previous court decisions," he told the Associated Press news agency on Thursday.
"This decision is absolutely wrong and shows the state of justice system in the country."
Myanmar's ruling generals stopped Ang San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party from taking power after it won a landslide victory in the last poll in 1990.
This is an absolute mockery on the part of the Mayanmar government and the question is will there any solution to this in near future.
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Hershey Chocolate Linked to Child Labour
Hershey, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the U.S., is lagging behind other companies in taking steps to ensure decent working conditions in its supply chain, charges a new report.
"In the United States, Hershey conjures up innocent childhood pleasures and enjoyable snacks," according to "Time to Raise the Bar", a report released this week by four labour rights and fair trade groups. "However, halfway across the globe, there is a dark side to Hershey.
"In West Africa, where Hershey sources much of its cocoa, the scene is one of child labor, trafficking, and forced labor."For the last decade, U.S. chocolate companies have been pressured to take responsibility for abuses in their supply chains.
Competing companies like Cadbury/Kraft, Mars and Nestle have made efforts to combat poor conditions in cocoa- growing countries. But Hershey, which claims 42.5 percent of the U.S. chocolate market, has been slow to initiate adequate measures against abuses.
During the work shops we came across both these topics Fairtrade and Child labour and also discussed how some of the big multinational companies are abusing the system. Now here is another example (Hershey). It is really shocking because where they should be actually helping the cause rather they are just doing the opposite.
Please visit the link below for further information:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201009170951.html
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