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Harvard brand takes a hit in tough times

as of 11/04/2009 2:32 AM The statue of John Harvard sits in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 21, 2009.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tough economic times have hurt Harvard University's public standing in the media over the past nine months, while schools perceived as a safer educational investment have benefited, a research firm said.

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Battle over face veil brewing in Egypt

as of 11/03/2009 9:26 PM A woman wearing a niqab sells groceries in Cairo November 1, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

CAIRO - Rokaya Mohamed, an elementary school teacher, would rather die than take off her face veil, or niqab, thrusting her to the forefront of a battle by government-backed clerics to limit Islamism in Egypt.

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Young entrepreneurs get tips from Facebook, Twitter

as of 10/27/2009 7:58 PM Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White

BERKELEY, California - Facebook and Twitter stars on Saturday shared lessons learned with young entrepreneurs aspiring to be the next hot technology firm.

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DepEd orders make-up classes for typhoon-hit schools

as of 10/22/2009 6:25 PM Soldiers shovel mud covering school grounds during the opening of a school after flooding in Marikina City, Metro Manila, October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepED) on Thursday directed schools affected by two typhoons in Luzon to hold make-up classes for their students.

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Parents, care groups venture into children's digital limbo

as of 10/25/2009 9:51 PM People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province June 20, 2007. [Reuters]

GENEVA - Twenty years after the international community expanded the frontiers of protection for children, child carers and officialdom are slowly venturing into uncharted territory: cyberspace.

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CHED reiterates appeal on tuition deferment

as of 10/20/2009 10:50 PM A child sets up a crib inside a school used as an evacuation center for victims of floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in Muntinlupa, south of Manila October 1, 2009. REUTERS/John Javellana

MANILA – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is confident that state universities and colleges will consider its appeal to temporarily defer the “no permit, no exam policy” to help students affected by recent typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

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Cebu youth groups volunteer poll registration assistance

By Carine M. Asutilla, ABS-CBN Central Visayas

CEBU CITY - Different youth groups, community and school-based organizations gathered Monday to express their intention to assist the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in encouraging first-time voters to register for the 2010 elections.

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