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19.05.2008, 06:26
Landlords in Paris are offering reduced rent for apartments in exchange for sex. Hard-up students are being targeted and some are taking up the lease agreement.
25.01.2009, 06:50
January 25 is one of the noisiest days in Russia as students across the country celebrate Tatiana’s Day – the patron saint of scholars. They’ll join friends at college, drink with lecturers, sing songs and generally go crazy for a day.
09.03.2007, 09:59
More than 20,000 students and academic staff have protested against education reforms on the streets of the Greek capital, Athens. At least 20 people are reported injured, and 40 were detained after clashes with police.
10.04.2010, 21:40
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All 96 people on board have died after a Polish presidential TU-154 plane crashed near an airport outside Smolensk in western Russia. The Polish president and his wife were among the killed.
04.10.2010, 07:20
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After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.
13.07.2009, 08:56
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Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for their doomsday prophecies, are seen as an extremist cult by the Russian authorities. Banned in many countries, their activities could soon become illegal in Russia as well.
22.12.2009, 21:21
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The memorial to WWII veterans that was demolished in the Georgian city of Kutaisi earlier this month will be rebuilt in Moscow, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has declared.
03.03.2010, 20:53
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The military alliance has announced, it plans to carry out a series of air force exercises over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia from March 17-20.
10.04.2010, 18:37
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Following the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his condolences to the whole Polish nation.
24.06.2010, 06:07
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On his first trip to California, Russian President and aficionado of hi-tech products Dmitry Medvedev was promoting Russia as a country whose priority is innovation.
Published: 26 January, 2009, 17:54
Students appear to be among the first to feel the consequences of the financial crisis. More than half of those attending college in Russia pay for their education. And many of those have now run out of money.
