Canadian Tories promise to reverse cuts
Canada's opposition leader, Joe Clark, has blamed cuts imposed by Jean Chrétien's Liberal government for the country’s brain drain and promised that a Tory government would restore funds for post-secondary education to 1993 levels. Canadians vote on November .
Turks round up protesting students
Hundreds of Turkish students have been arrested in nationwide protests to mark the 19th anniversary of the founding of the country's higher education authority. At the main campus of Istanbul University, nearly 2,000 police gathered to prevent student protests.