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Are they the only ‘fake’ foreign students?

KAIST kicks out 6 Indians; Suh’s experiment in jeopardy Six Indian students have been expelled from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), one of the country’s top universities, for presenting fabricated award certificates to gain admission, the school said Thursday. The students were admitted between 2009 and…

East Asia

World No Tobacco Day Observed

An Indian man smokes ‘bidi’, a small hand-rolled cigarette on the eve of ” No Tobacco Day” in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Bidis are popular among poor Indians because they are significantly cheaper. A packet of 10 costs about 2 rupees (about 5 US cents; 0.03 euro) while…

Society

Turkey celebrates anniversary of “Conquest of Istanbul”

Light and water show Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas comes to ceremony area 559th anniversary of the “Conquest of Istanbul” was celebrated across Turkish biggest city of Istanbul with colorful organizations (May 30). Celebrations main address was Halic (“Golden Horn”) this year. Peoples who joined the celebrations lived magnificent in the…

West Asia