Everyone! Check under your chairs! It's a...new book club from Oprah! Yep, the former queen of daytime TV is revamping her famed literary organization for the 21st century. Winfrey says she was so taken by Cheryl Strayed's Wild, that she absolutely had to get back on the book peddling bandwagon. The talk show icon will be launching digital editions ofRead more

A macabre profile of a Canadian porn actor suspected of filming the dismemberment of a Chinese student and mailing his body parts emerged from his acquaintances and hundreds of websites. The victim, identified as Lin Jun, had been "in a relationship" with the porn star, according to Montreal police commander Ian Lafreniere. Police say Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, fled toRead more

The formation of a quality assurance team at the Ministry of Education and education zones was approved by minister Humaid Mohammed Al-Qattami. The team will be led by the ministry’s assistant undersecretary for support services, Marwan Ahmed Al-Sawaleh. Achieving model educational institutions with high performance is among the aims of the ministry based on the visions of the top leadershipRead more

Nurseries in the UAE will be rated by end 2012 on the quality of services, a senior official at the Ministry of Social Affairs said. The rating, to be made public in December, will take into account curriculum, premises and qualifications of teaching and administrative staff, said Moza Al Shoomi, director of the child department at the Ministry. “The MinistryRead more

Five months ago, Amen Assos pulled out his four children, including two daughters, from school because he could no longer afford to pay for their expenses. “I’m a poor man and they always ask for money to pay for bus fares and snacks. So I told them to stay home.” he told Gulf News. “I know that was a wrongRead more

The circular law introduced last year by France's former Interior Minister, Claude Guéant, which restricted chances for foreign graduates from working in France, has been repealed yesterday by the country's new left-wing government, a ministerial statement has announced. "The Interior Minister, Manuel Valls, the Employment Minister, Michel Sapin, and the Minister for Higher Education, Geneviève Fioraso, have made official theRead more

Minister for Education Humaid Mohammed Al Qatami has announced that the current system under which the salaries of teachers for July and August (summer vacation) is paid with June’s salary is over and will be replaced by a new system in which the salary of each month will be paid separately. The new system is an unprecedented step taken byRead more

Militants have blown up a state-run girls’ primary school in the Mardan city, North West of Pakistan. Local officials said that the assailants carried out the bomb attack last night after placing about 30 kg of dynamite in the school. There were no reports of casualties as the school was empty at the time of the blast, local officials said.Read more

A student at Morgan State University in Baltimore formally charged Thursday with killing a fellow student and eating some of his organs. A judge ordered Alexander Kinyua, 21, held without bail, The Baltimore Sun reported. Investigators say Kinyua admitted killing Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, 37, and eating his heart and brains -- and led them to a trash bin where heRead more

Less than 30% of people believe local universities give students the skills and knowledge they need to secure an IT job when they graduate. And almost 60% of respondents to a survey by a local recruitment company said they felt strongly that IT salaries in Northern Ireland aren't in line with the rest of the UK taking into account theRead more