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A controversial fossil find suggests that animals were walking around the planet about 570 million years ago—30 million years earlier than previously believed.

African pirates threatened Friday to blow up the arms-laden Ukrainian ship they've hijacked--the latest salvo in a crisis that's boosting shipping costs and cutting off aid to millions of Somalis.

The Santa Clara volleyball team remained undefeated in West Coast Conference play this weekend with a 3-0 sweep of Gonzaga University. The final set scores were 25-23, 25-19, 25-19. With the win, the No. 20 Broncos improved to 12-3 on

The Santa Clara women's tennis team concluded the first day of competition at the Saint Mary's College Invitational hosted in Moraga, Calif. at conference opponent - Saint Mary's College. The Broncos saw success in both singles and doubles, in the

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Emma Watson was featured in the November issue of Flare Magazine, in which she talked about filming Harry Potter, and her relationship with her co-stars. The Magazine also includes several new pictures of Emma from a recent photoshoot.

American journalist and author Jerome Corsi, who wrote a bestselling book critical of Barack Obama, was arrestedby Kenyan police while on his way to a book signing. He was immediately deported. Jerome Corsi arrived in the country last week to

Writing the The Satanic Verses nearly got Salman Rushdie killed: a fatwa was issued calling for his death, on the grounds that his book insulted Islam. He was forced into hiding in England for years, But Sir Salman sayshe's still

Chung Ah-young reports that Korean Literature Targets Third World Countries.

Reuters asks the same two question of all the Man Booker finalists.

It looks like the winner's name was leaked -- and to those wagering on the outcome at that, as there was so much action on Le Clezio that they dropped the odds on him from 15/1 to 2/1 before halting

In The Guardian Randeep Ramesh thinks Author's mass-market success upsets Indian literati, meaning pop-author Chetan Bhagat.

They hail the native son J.M.G. Le Clezio in Mauritius.

At Me And My Big Mouth Scott Pack finds his readers have gone Click Crazy now that the English translation of Charlotte Roche's Wetlands can be pre-ordered.

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THE Law Development Centre has dismissed over 80 students who failed their exams in the last academic year.

Over 700 secondary school directors (headmasters) will undergo training in Information Communication Technology (ICT), courtesy of the Ministry of Education.

Irked by comments credited to Professor Julius Okojie, the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), calling for increase in tuition fees as a means of raising educational standard in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS),

Head of the Department of Mathematics, Ahmadu Ballo University , Zaria , Prof. G. U. Garba, has raised alarm that the educational gap between the South and the North is widening.