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From Zambian Economist Wed Feb 20 2013, 23:32:00

By Chola Mukanga

Government has drafted the High Education Bill, which is intended to put in place a new regulatory for higher learning institutions in the country. Education Minister John Phiri says once enacted into law, higher learning institutions operating below the required standards will face the law. He believes that there are too many higher learning institutions that do not befit the title "higher learning".

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From ThinkProgress Wed Feb 20 2013, 22:50:46

There are a lot of details that have yet to be reported, but this is big: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nielsen, the company that measures the ratings of television shows, is reportedly planning a significant shift in its ratings measurement system that will capture data about television viewing not simply through broadcast, but through [...]

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From ThinkProgress Wed Feb 20 2013, 22:50:46

There are a lot of details that have yet to be reported, but this is big: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nielsen, the company that measures the ratings of television shows, is reportedly planning a significant shift in its ratings measurement system that will capture data about television viewing not simply through broadcast, but through [...]

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From ThinkProgress Wed Feb 20 2013, 22:50:46

There are a lot of details that have yet to be reported, but this is big: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nielsen, the company that measures the ratings of television shows, is reportedly planning a significant shift in its ratings measurement system that will capture data about television viewing not simply through broadcast, but through [...]

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From ThinkProgress Wed Feb 20 2013, 22:50:46

There are a lot of details that have yet to be reported, but this is big: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nielsen, the company that measures the ratings of television shows, is reportedly planning a significant shift in its ratings measurement system that will capture data about television viewing not simply through broadcast, but through [...]

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From ThinkProgress Wed Feb 20 2013, 22:50:46

There are a lot of details that have yet to be reported, but this is big: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nielsen, the company that measures the ratings of television shows, is reportedly planning a significant shift in its ratings measurement system that will capture data about television viewing not simply through broadcast, but through [...]

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From Shadow and Act Wed Feb 20 2013, 22:11:00

Actor/singer Lou Myers, best known as the restaurant owner Mr Gaines on A Different World, passed away today after a short illness at the age of 76. A native of Chesapeake West Virginia, Myers had returned to the state and lived in the Charelston, W. VA area. Though, of course, best known for his role as Mr Gaines on World from 1988-1993, Myers appeared in some 44 film and TV roles. He also appeared on the stage in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson and King Hedley IV for which he won the NAACP Best Actor award in a stage production. Among his other stage roles were Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Color Purple on Broadway. As a singer and performer he performed in...

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From The Lede Wed Feb 20 2013, 21:34:13

The war between President Bashar al-Assad's troops and rebel forces remains a mix of the sectarian, political and personal that has turned streets, workplaces and homes into rubble-strewn battlegrounds.

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From Shadow and Act Wed Feb 20 2013, 21:27:24

Isiah Whitlock Jr. best known for his work on HBO's The Wire has been cast in a new drama pilot Lucky 7 from ABC Studios and Amblin Entertainment. Lucky 7 revolves around seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in many unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot. The series will be written by David Zabel and Jason Richman who wrote Detroit 187. The new hour long series is based upon a British television drama entitled The Syndicate written by Kay Mellor. The British version had each episode centered around one character and has been re-uped for a second season. The second season however, will follow a new syndicate;...

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From Politics | Ghana Wed Feb 20 2013, 21:25:13

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Tema East, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover has warned of difficult times ahead because “government has no solution to Ghana’s sick economy”.

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