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Satyam chief confesses to cooking the books (Financial Times)
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:09:23 GMT
The chairman of India’s Satyam Computer Services B Ramalinga Raju Wednesday confessed to fixing the company’s books for the past “several” years in the country’s first major fraud case to emerge following the global financial crisis.
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Rautzhan: Buy kids books that suit their age (Times Herald)
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:56:45 GMT
Perhaps the three most important things to remember for reading success is to read aloud every day, read books that are of interest to the child and read books that are age-appropriate.
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Students hit the books to raise money for charity (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:43:50 GMT
Waterloo Region (Jan 7, 2009) -- Local students will race to read as many books as possible starting this month to help the Multiple Sclerosis Society. In the annual MS Read-A-Thon, elementary schoolchildren collect pledges for the time spent reading books over four weeks. Every year, about 40,000 students across Canada take part. More than $40 million has been raised in 30 years.
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Students get free books on internet (The Copenhagen Post)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:25:03 GMT
Vast sums spent by students on text books may be a practice of the past thanks to a new website, reports public broadcaster DR. Around 400 books currently being used at universities and trade schools are available for download free at Ventus.dk.
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General : Additional RM8.2 Million For New Text Books In Sarawak (Bernama)
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:00:06 GMT
KUCHING, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak Education Department has received about RM8.2 million in additional allocation from the federal government to purchase new text books for students, its director, Dr Julaihi Bujang said Monday.
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Teachers burn books for heat (News 24 South Africa)
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:41:41 GMT
A group of teachers in India have used books meant for poor children to light a bonfire to keep them warm, a report says.
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Indian teachers burn books to keep warm: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:24:07 GMT
A group of teachers in eastern India used books meant for poor children to light a bonfire to keep them warm, a report said Tuesday.
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Poor burn books to stay warm in chilly India, 55 dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:38:38 GMT
At least 55 people have died over the past four days in northern and eastern India as a spell of cold weather swept the region, officials said on Monday.
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ADDITIONAL RM8.2 MILLION FOR NEW TEXT BOOKS IN SARAWAK (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:30:19 GMT
KUCHING, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak Education Department has received about RM8.2 million in additional allocation from the federal government to purchase new text books for students, its director, Dr Julaihi Bujang said today.
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Diagram errors cause recall of books (The Morning Call)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:20:59 GMT
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the Taunton Press, are recalling the books entitled 'Wiring a House, 3rd Edition' and 'Wiring Complete, Expert Advice from Start to Finish Instructional Books.'
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