Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:40:11 +0100 (Reuters) - Madonna on Monday announced plans to build 10 new schools in Malawi with a new partner after mismanagement forced the pop star to scrap her first project there last year. The singer, who has adopted two children from the impoverished southern African nation, said she hoped the 10 new schools would educate at least 1,000 children a year, half of them girls. That is double the number of children she hoped to help with her previously planned academy for girls, which was scrapped in March 2011 because of mismanagement and cost overruns. ... (Source: Reuters)
China driving schools teaching millions the art of war
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:20:16 +0100 BEIJING (Reuters) - China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers as fast as cars roll off the assembly lines. But judging by the daily smash-ups and blatant disregard for even basic traffic rules on China's roadways, quantity seems to have trumped quality at many schools. China surpassed the United States in 2009 to become the world's largest auto market, and just as newly affluent Chinese are snapping up expensive cars in staggering numbers, driving schools are bursting at the seams. ... (Source: Reuters)
Sheryl Crow's Mercedes brings $260,000 for Joplin schools
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:10:16 +0200 KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - An anonymous couple whose $130,000 bid won singer Sheryl Crow's 1959 Mercedes convertible in an auction for tornado-damaged schools in Joplin, Missouri, has donated $130,000 more to the cause. (Source: Reuters)
Girls rest during a gathering of schools from the Carrefour ...
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:40:02 +0200 (AP) - Girls rest during a gathering of schools from the Carrefour neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Children from public schools in the town of Chatfield, Minnesota, ...
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:40:02 +0200 (Reuters) - Children from public schools in the town of Chatfield, Minnesota, help U.S. President Barack Obama get up after he sat down with them for a picture, during his bus trip to the Midwest August 15, 2011. Obama blasted Republicans over taxes on Monday as he launched a bus tour of the U.S. Midwest to tout his job-growth strategy and distance himself from anger toward Washington that could dent his 2012 re-election hopes. Obama is traveling on a bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION IMAGES OF THE DAY PROFILE)
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