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November 23, 2013

UNBELIEVABLE: Liberia students all fail university admission exam!

  Liberia’s education minister says she finds it hard to believe that not a single candidate passed this year’s university admission exam. Nearly 25,000 school-leavers failed the test for admission to the University of Liberia, one of two state-run universities. The students lacked enthusiasm and did not have a basic grasp of English, a university […]

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Married At 13, Now 20, Woman Seeks Divorce, Claims She Was Forced Into Early Marriage

  Aisha Haruna , 20, of Uke in Nasarawa State on Tuesday at a Grade 1 Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, maintained her divorce request. Aisha had on May 29 filed a suit seeking separation from her husband, Hussaini Haruna, 27, of Gurku Village, At the resumption of hearing, she told the court that

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Couple charged in alleged beating, torturing of Teen

  US – The Silverdale couple accused of torturing a teen were charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and multiple counts of assault Tuesday. Court documents released Tuesday say the 13-year-old boy was beaten, burned, starved and tortured at the hands of his brother, Brandon Gunn and his sister-in-law Viviana Warnock. The alleged abuse began in

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Perception of Marijuana as a ‘Safe Drug’ Is Scientifically Inaccurate and Dangerous to Teens’ Brain – Study finds

  The nature of the teenage brain makes users of cannabis amongst this population particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviours and suffering other long-term negative effects, according to researchers at the University of Montreal and New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The researchers reviewed over 120 studies that looked at different

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