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If he looked at its pupil intake, Alastair Campbell would quite likely decide that Kingsbury High School was one of those infamous "bog standard" comprehensives he talked about.
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The Brong-Ahafo Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS), Nana Kwadwo Kwakyie II, has criticised the government for excluding teachers in private schools, from benefiting from the National Teachers Awards.
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Shane Phelan and Eilish O'Regan
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Nearly £1bn of mid-market private business sales are known to have been postponed so far in October, as the credit crunch wrecks private equity's ability to finance bids.
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Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held private talks on Friday in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island. President Dimitris Christo-fias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met alone for a hour before
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Premier Foods which owns Hovis bread and Branston pickle, is in talks with private equity groups over a cash injection in the latest move to shore up its balance sheet
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A Conservative candidate's suggestion that a private clinic be used as a model for health delivery across Canada prompted opposition charges that Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to expand for-profit health care outside the public system.
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ALMOST 1,000 submissions have been made by people opposed to €350m plans to transform the GAA-owned Cusack Park into a major shopping quarter in Ennis.
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Does anyone here know of a shopping cart application that can be private labelled and resold as a different brand? It should be easy to use, have...
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A private jet and multimillion pound sponsorships such as Formula 1 are likely to be early casualties of the Government taking a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Just how many private jetties exist in the country? The poser has pitched the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Ahmed Bello Ahmed, against the Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke.
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Transportation Minister Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke and the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service yesterday disagreed at the public hearing of the Ad-hoc Committee of the Senate investigating the transportation sector over the number of jetties in Nigeria.
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When it comes to newspapers, there's nothing like the thrill of defeat. Scott Sperling, co-president of private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, sounded anything but disappointed on stage Tuesday at the Dow Jones Media and Money conference when he told Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Lattman about dropping out of the bid for the [...]
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As the economies of various African nations continue to strengthen, and foreign direct investment rises, the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Africa are increasingly focusing their attention on the impact that current healthcare systems and their infrastructure
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A state judge reaffirmed Wednesday that government-related e-mails Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff sent from private accounts must be preserved and ordered further arguments over whether to halt the use of such accounts for state business....
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Gov't officials admit private sector moving more quickly to rebuild New Orleans.
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The beauty of Andrea Riccio’s Italian Renaissance sculptures, which are on display at the Frick Collection, is their nearly supernatural physical and psychological vitality.
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Thousands of empty private homes could be used to help alleviate the housing need, a homelessness charity has claimed.
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Private investors' direct holdings of UK shares have fallen to their lowest level since before the privatisations of the 1980s
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Gov't officials admit private sector moving more quickly to rebuild New Orleans.
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Administrators have seized control of a private equity fund backed by the nationalised Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
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Thieves hack into French president's private account
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Richard Li has failed to execute a number of transactions involving the company over recent years and bankers warn that a privatisation would confront serious hurdles from shareholders
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Police have smashed a major drugs ring in Mexico City seizing weapons, vehicles - and lions.
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State Street Corporation the major US financial services company has confirmed that private equity industry returns fell deeper into negative territory in the second quarter due to building global economic pressures.
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Lord Mandelson has provoked a backlash among women Labour MPs by reviewing the Government's decision to extend flexible working in order to ease the burden on small firms in the downturn.
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The US insurer bailed out by the government says the decision was part of an internal review aimed at cutting expenses and 'returning every cent of taxpayers' help'
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The release of one of the most hotly-awaited computer games in the past year has been delayed over concerns some of the background music may offend Muslims.
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Mexican authorities said that they had arrested more than a dozen members of an alleged drug-trafficking ring in an upscale neighborhood of this capital seizing weapons, vehicles and lions.
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The government of President Cristina Fernandez said that it had to protect retirees amid the global financial crisis. But her political opponents called it a scramble for cash to prop up tax revenue.
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has proposed legislation to nationalise 30bn £18bn in private pension funds in response to the global financial crisis.
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Stockbroker Evolution Group has snapped up Kaupthing Singer ? Friedlander's private client business for an estimated £5m after the bank's Icelandic parent went into administration this month.
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Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is set to nationalize 30 billion dollars in private pension funds, saying the measure is necessary to "protect retirees and workers" in the global financial crisis.
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With full scholarships and a strong support network, three students from low-income immigrant families enter the world of educational privilege and widened opportunities. What impressed Joel Argueta first about Harvard-Westlake School was his locker -- a wide, ample affair that holds his backpack and all of his books. There's also a student lounge with comfortable couches, where he does homework and meets with new friends. "Overall," he said, "it is spectacular."
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