About 400,000 individuals study in London across more than 40 universities, including Royal Holloway College. London drew visitors from all over the world for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, but parts of the British capital may seem just as crowded as the academic year begins. Located within London’s city limits are some of the top universities in the world, including Imperial College London, the London School of Econ
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With Rio de Janeiro hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and Summer Olympic Games in 2016, the beachside Brazilian city is on travellers’ minds now more than ever before. But they’re not the only ones rushing to the city. The contemporary art fair ArtRio 2012, now in its second year, draws art collectors from all over and has established Rio as a Latin American cultural hub. One hundred and twenty galleries are slat
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has suggested that three activists from punk band Pussy Riot should be freed. In August, three members of the group were jailed for two years for staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.
Mr Medvedev said he was sickened by their actions but said the five months they had spent in pre-trial detention was punishment enough.
The imprisonment sparked condemnation in many part
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