Lego spoof trailer of Inception becomes popular hit
June 12th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, June 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A group of seven British students have generated a Lego-form spoof trailer based on the movie Inception.
The clip video shows a Lego take on the ... Read more...
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Drunk British students cause havoc on boat trip
April 9th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 9 (IANS) A group of university students from Manchester have been accused of stripping after becoming drunk, smashing glasses and overturning tables on a ferry trip to France.Undergraduates ... Read more...
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Britons turn to sex to pay for education
December 14th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Rising tuition fees have forced British students into the sex industry.The National Union of Students said students were taking on the "dangerous" work to cope with ... Read more...
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90-year-old Prince Philip regrets leaving naval career
May 17th, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, who would soon turn 90, still feels disappointed at deserting a promising naval career after his wife became the ... Read more...
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David Cameron in race row with Oxford University
April 12th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 12 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron was embroiled in a race rowwithOxfordUniversityon Monday after claiming that the institution admitted only one black student in 2009.He was accused of ... Read more...
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Cameron disappointed over Oxford University’s decision to admit one black student in 2009
April 12th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 12 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed disappointment ovet Oxford University's decision to accept only one black student in 2009.Academics rubbished his claims saying Cameron, an ... Read more...
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Three police officers injured as violence erupts in London protests
December 10th, 2010 - 1:25 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Three police officers were seriously injured after violence erupted on Thursday in London’s Parliament Square as students continue protests over university tuition fees.Police forces and thousands of British ... Read more...
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May offers no clarity about Indian IT workers in UK’s 21,700 skilled migrants cap
November 24th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 24 (ANI): UK Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed plans to cut a number of overseas student numbers today as she unveiled a headline figure of 21,700 for the annual cap ... Read more...
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British students learn about emerging economies in India
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Enterprising British youngsters are utilising their school holidays to gain first-hand knowledge of the impact of globalisation. At least 30 are learning Indian business processes at leading ... Read more...
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Brit students buying ’smart drugs’ from India to boost performance
July 6th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): The use of smart drugs by British students and academics to boost performance is growing day by day and some are even buying them from suppliers in India.Barbara ... Read more...
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British media cautions travellers to South Africa
June 11th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 11 (IANS) The World Cup football euphoria might be pitch high but the visitors to South Africa have been asked to be cautious because of high level of crime in ... Read more...
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Two British students killed in bush crash in South Africa, two sustain serious injuries
June 11th, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by BNO News
JOHANNESBURG (BNO NEWS) - Two British students were killed and others injured on Thursday when their bus overturned outside of Barberton, north-eastern South Africa, the Guardian reported.The two young women, believed to ... Read more...
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Stay away from terrorism, says Pakistani-origin rock star
May 16th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 16 (IANS) Long-haired Salman Ahmad, a Pakistani-origin rock star whose band Junoon has sold over 30 million albums, is Britain's latest effort to combat terrorism -- as he wants ... Read more...
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Saloufest may face ban after boozy Brits go on rampage
April 11th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 11(ANI): Saloufest, a two-week booze festival that takes place every year in the seaside town of Salou, Spain, may be banned after 8000 British students who had flew in to ... Read more...
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Brit kids ‘failing to read books’
March 27th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.27 (ANI): Most British students fail to read complete novels at school after being presented with short extracts and worksheets to practice comprehension and sentence structure, it was claimed.The National Union ... Read more...
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Do you work at strip club, Prince Philip asks cadet
March 12th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 12 (IANS) Prince Philip, known for his gaffe-prone remarks, asked a sea cadet whether she works at a strip club, a media report said Friday.
The Duke of Edinburgh was inspecting ... Read more...
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British students to volunteer for Commonwealth Games
March 9th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Thirty students from the Sheffield Hallam University in Britain will volunteer for the Commonwealth Games here under an agreement signed Tuesday.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was ... Read more...
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Brit students ready to sleep around to climb career ladder
February 16th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A new poll has revealed that British students don't mind sleeping around to make their career graphs swing upwards.The survey at one of Britain's top universities shows that ... Read more...
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The list of 10 bizarre things that students leave behind
June 25th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 25 (ANI): A list of bizarre things that British students leave behind in their rooms includes snakes and white rabbits among other things.
The audit carried out by British student accommodation ... Read more...
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Outrage in Oxford at attacks in Australia
June 1st, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) Indian students at Oxford University Monday joined in the growing protests over racist attacks on their counterparts in Australia, saying they are "baffled" by the failure of ... Read more...
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Tech-savvy British students forgetting how to write
September 7th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS): Writing in long-hand is becoming a vanishing art among British students, thanks to mobile texting and computer literacy. So acute is the problem that thousands of them are ... Read more...
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40 British students to soak in Indian business experience
July 24th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 24 (IANS) As many as 40 British students will spend six weeks in India with leading companies to have a closer understanding of the business environment and culture of the ... Read more...
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Teenagers employed to mark SAT papers in Britain
July 17th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) The fate of British students who took this year's Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is in jeopardy with revelations that teenagers who themselves are yet to pass their examinations ... Read more...
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Ivy League universities luring cream of British pupils from Oxbridge
December 25th, 2007 - 3:44 pm ICT by admin
London, December 25 (ANI): US universities are attracting talented British teenagers more than Oxford and Cambridge universities because of more substantial American bursaries, say reports.Leading British schools say that many of the ... Read more...
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Brit kids replacing reading with computer consoles
November 29th, 2007 - 5:39 pm ICT by admin
London, Nov 29 (ANI): In an international league table of reading skills, England has fallen from third to 15th position following the evidence that kids have dumped books for computer consoles such ... Read more...
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