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Computer science dropout rate hits 25%
More than 25 per cent of students who enrol in computer science courses at Irish universities do not finish their studies, according to the first national study of non-completion rates.

Former Azerbaijani education minister jailed
Rafiq Feyzullayev, Azerbaijan¡¯s minister of education in 1980-92 and vice-president of the academy of sciences until 1999, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for extortion. During his term at the academy he swindled 1.5 billion manats (?224,000) from seven people on the pretext of founding a private university.   

US condemns Zimbabwe's record on freedom
In a report on human rights the US State Department has criticised the Zimbabwe government¡¯s record on academic freedom and its continued interference with universities.