Although President Obama wants America to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the end of the next decade, William Pepicello, president of the University of Phoenix, warns that for the first time in American history a new generation is in danger of being less educated than the previous one.

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The head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, is leaving at the end of next month.

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Extreme global poverty could be eradicated by the end of the next decade under optimistic new targets unveiled by the World Bank that have divided development experts.

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They can do it from nearly anywhere, be home at the end of their shifts and be ready to fly again anywhere in the world the next day.

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Irish-born Middlesex player Joyce qualified for England at the end of last season after helping Ireland qualify for next year's World Cup earlier in the season.

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But bear in mind these matches against Australia represent only a tiny fraction of the 31 ODIs scheduled between the two teams (not counting the World Cup) between the end of last year's Ashes, and the next in England in 2013.

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With Apple rumored to be entering the TV set world soon, the sale of the Motorola Home division may end up looking like a costly mistake next year.

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Designed for measuring the gaming performance of everything from tablets and notebooks to high-end desktop gaming systems, the next 3DMark for Windows will be the world's first unified graphics benchmark allowing testing of DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 capable hardware through the DirectX 11 API.

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