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Private schools offering lavish extracurricular activities give their pupils an unfair advantage and should be forced to share their facilities with state pupils, says a report commissioned by the prime minister.Former cabinet minister Alan Milburn was asked to look at how class barriers could be broken down in Britain and found that middle-class children whose parents do not move in the 'right' circles, as well as those from poorer families, now risk being shut out of professions that have become more socially exclusive.Milburn says that fee-paying pupils benefit from an emphasis on 'soft skills' such as teamwork and communication, which are imparted through sport, music and drama. With more pupils now getting the academic grades needed for university, private pupils get ahead because of their more rounded CVs and confident presentation.The report calls on the Charity Commission to force schools to share extracurricular activities with state school pupils as a condition of maintaining

More than 100 schoolchildren from the UK and US are quarantined in Beijing after eight tested positive for swine flu.

Flinders University says a new clinical school at Victor Harbor will have training standards equal to those in the city for nursing and other medical students.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- In just six months, one of the world's largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket. But no one is allowed out, and hardly anyone is allowed in.

SAN DIEGO -- They were former high school sweethearts who found each other decades later and renewed their love. Robert and Shirley McGill were marking their 55th birthdays just days into their luxurious Mexican cruise when she was found beaten to death in their cabin.

The State Senate shelved legislation that would preserve Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's control of city schools.

ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on the classroom distribution of Bibles to grade school students in Annapolis, Mo., but has allowed literature to be offered outside of class.

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Brett Favre is running and throwing with a Mississippi high school squad, with the mutual goal of getting in top condition for the season.

SAN DIEGO -- A school teacher accused of killing his wife while on a luxurious Mexican cruise allegedly told investigators that he killed his wife 'with his bare hands,' according to court documents filed late Friday.