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Italy has lowest graduate share in Europe
Italy has the lowest graduation rates in Europe with just one-fifth of people aged 30-34 holding a university degree, according to a study. A total of 31 percent of Italian families cannot afford to pay for their children's university studies, and must take out loans or have their offspring seek jobs to help fund tuition and living costs, said the report by charity Save the Children. It said ...
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Imran Khans PTI seeks pro-Taliban clerics help to initiate peace talks with outfit
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sought the help of an elderly pro-Taliban cleric to initiate peace talks with the militants, party officials have said. The political party approached Samiul Haq, also known as the "Father of the Taliban", after emerging from elections as the largest party in the troubled northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The Express Tribune. Khyber ...
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Hazel Hawke dies aged 83
Hazel Hawke, ex-wife of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died aged 83, following a battle with dementia.Her family issued a statement on Wednesday night saying she passed away peacefully after succumbing to complications of the disease.Her family said they appreciate the great affection many have for Hazel, but have asked for privacy.There will be a private funeral for family and close ...
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Older U.S. Federal Employees Use Their Strengths Less
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. federal government may not be getting the most out of its oldest employees. U.S. federal government employees aged 65 and older are less likely than those aged 18 to 29 to say they use their strengths at work every day. The opposite is the case in the non-federal sector, in which older workers are more likely than their younger counterparts to report using their ...
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Three in Four U.S. Workers Plan to Work Past Retirement Age
PRINCETON, NJ -- Three-quarters of U.S. adult workers believe they will continue working past retirement age, with 40% saying they will do so because they want to, and 35% because they will have to. A much smaller percentage -- 19% -- fit the prototypical retirement scenario of someone who plans to stop working at retirement age by ...
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The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalans live-action feature film version of the popular Nickelodeon anime-style series that ran for three years (2005 to 2008), is a vast and largely joyless--at times leaden--epic. Having never seen the television series, I cant make any c ... ...
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Cask ahoy Winery tests ocean aging
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A California winery this week recovered four cases of cabernet sauvignon that were submerged in Charleston Harbor three months ago in the first phase of an experiment to determine the effect of ocean aging on ...
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Bears Urlacher Announces His Retirement
CHICAGO | Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago ...
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Aging Asia to strain worlds long-term economic growth think-tank
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to power global economic growth in 2013, but the region's increasing aging population will cast a shadow on the long-term development, according to a Canadian think-tank."Productivity gains and a large, young working-age population have done much to boost Asian economic growth over the past three decades. But Asia's demographic dividend is ...
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Pension plans can make all the difference in retirement
Pension plans can make all the difference in how financially well off U.S. retirees are, Gallup's annual Economy and Personal Finance survey indicates. The survey of 2,000 U.S. adults, including 636 retirees, conducted April 4-14, found U.S. retirees with $50,000 or more in annual income were twice as likely as retirees below that threshold to have a work-sponsored pension plan as a major ...
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Closures to put Ford Falcon into retirement
Employees sacked over after sexist Ford ads One of Ford's most popular car models in New Zealand will stop being made once manufacturing ends in Australia. The US car giant confirmed today it will close its manufacturing operations across the Tasman, with the loss of 1200 jobs. The Falcon, which has been manufactured in Australia since 1960, will cease to be made when the ...