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...plummeting at schools across the country, US News rankings provide an inaccurate representation of school quality that influences far too many students. As admissions get more competitive, prospective applicants apply to an increasing number of schools, and as a result have relied more and more on these rankings. The central role that these rankings play, however, can lead students to make their college decision based on a superficial ranking rather than by determining which school is the best match. This is especially true in the case of the yield statistic, which Dean Fitzsimmons commented was a “slippery...
...Iraqi officials say about 7.5 million voters cast ballots across central and southern Iraq Saturday, making for a turnout of roughly 51%. The semi-autonomous northern region of Kurdistan did not participate, but throughout most of Iraq hundreds of polling stations opened early Saturday morning. Some 500,000 independent observers watched over polling centers nationwide, and Iraqi officials say no major incidents or serious complaints were reported. (See TIME's Special Report: "Life Returning to Iraq's Streets...
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...This will be a welfare administration," Sigurðardóttir announced at a press conference on Wednesday during a meeting between the parties of the new coalition government to decide their new platform. Sigurðardóttir also announced that the government's first task is to replace the central bank's directors...
...have also waged a long rebellion against the Burmese junta seeking either self-determination or even independence, depending on which insurgence group. Both Christian and Buddhist, the Karen have been plagued by internal strife between rival factions over the past couple of decades. A general ceasefire framework with the central government is in place but occasional flashpoints of fighting still occur. Karen villagers, who tend to live in the Irrawaddy Delta and in the border region between Burma and Thailand, have been victims of forced relocation and labor programs run by the Burmese military...