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Non-EU student visa system faces shake-up
London: Immigration Minister Damian Green is calling for tougher rules for non-EU students seeking to enrol on courses in Britain, after research found a fifth were still in the country five years after being granted visas.

In a major speech on immigration, which the coalition government has vowed to reduce, Green will say current foreign student numbers are "unsustainable."
19 killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan
LAKKI MARWA: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants.
U.N. watchdog says Iran boosts nuclear work
Vienna: Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear programme in defiance of tougher sanctions and is hampering the U.N. atom watchdog's work by barring some inspectors, the IAEA says in a new report.
Australia close to form govt but new poll still a risk
CANBERRA: Australia's Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard is strongly tipped to form a new minority government within 48 hours, ending a fortnight-long political limbo with the backing of three kingmaker independents.
     
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