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		Todays Word planet, n.1 /plænt/ Forms: 3?6 planete, (4?6 -ette, 5 -ett, Sc. -ait, 6 Sc. -eit, 7 plannet(t), 5? planet. [ME. a. OF. planete (F. planète), ad. late L. planeta or planetes (cited only in pl. planetæ = cl. L. stellæ errantes), a. Gr. wanderer, hence, in pl. () wandering stars, planets, f. to lead astray, in passive to wander. (Another Gr. form was , -, in pl. , L.planetes.)] 90 (The Australian) Immigration and Customs officials were deciding last night what to do with a boatload of 90 illegal immigrants captured off the West Australian coast yesterday. Headline News NSW:All roads lead to destination HSC (Sydney Morning Herald) There is more than half a century between them, and neither of them is in Year 12, but a love of thinking has driven both John Gilmour and Michael Seymour to sit HSC exams this year. VIC: Medicine achieves SafetyMAP (UniNews) The University's Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences recently achieved accreditation to the initial level of SafetyMAP by the Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA). NSW: Now for the School Certificate (Sydney Morning Herald) More than 81,000 Year 10 students across NSW this morning begin their two-day School Certificate, designed to test the key learning areas of English literacy, mathematics and science. VIC: Parents demand toy ban (Herald Sun) Critics have called for wrestling toys which promise to "flip, kick and slam each other into submission" to be banned. UK: Teachers want time away from pupils (BBC) Teachers want more time away from their pupils for training and planning, a union's wish list" reveals. USA: Presidents point to selves to fix teacher ed. (Education Week) College presidents must take the lead in upgrading teacher-preparation programs now or risk seeing the growing demand for teachers stymie efforts to improve K-12 schools, the nation's largest association of colleges and universities argues in a new report. THAI: Private instruction methods questioned (Bangkok Post) Videotaped lessons in tutor-less classes. Privately-run tuition centres have been blamed for taking advantage of students by providing a one-way communication teaching service to their customers HK: Good times and bad at school go in focus (HK Standard) Students love tokens of appreciation, but most teachers prefer to give commendations. And students do not reject punishment but hope for better communication. IT News Microsoft monopoly under fire (Sydney Morning Herald) The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will examine a US court's finding that consumers have been harmed by the actions of computer software giant Microsoft. Coming soon: shop assistants born just for you (Sydney Morning Herald) Computer-generated virtual sales assistants may be put to use on Australian Web sites within a year, a conference on ''avatars'' at the Powerhouse Museum heard at the weekend. Has Communicator lost the browser war? (ZDNet) A year late, Netscape expects to finally ship a beta of Communicator 5.0.But it remains behind Internet Explorer... Sydney 2000 Ticket inquiry perjury warning (Daily Telegraph) The man who will today begin investigating the Olympic ticketing fiasco has warned witnesses to the inquiry against giving false or misleading evidence. Knight, Hollway to front ticket inquiry (Sydney Morning Herald) Four senior Sydney Olympic Games officials, including a rejuvenated chief executive, Mr Sandy Hollway, will be grilled about the secret $100 million Olympic premium packages by a NSW parliamentary committee today News Specials Russian conscripts sold into slavery (The Australian) Like most young Russian men given their call-up papers, Pavel Kupin, 18, had heard enough horror stories about the dangers facing conscripts. People's bank may be open in six months (Sydney Morning Herald) Branches of a new ''People's Bank'' could be open within six to nine months in rural and city areas, the Local Government Association of NSW's president, Cr Peter Woods, said yesterday. The twinset - a sought-after scientific accessory (The Age) Lexie Green and Georgie Sharp, 73, are classic identical twins.They dress alike, tend to finish each other's sentences and had their own language when they were children Fishy tale of the UFO that got away? (AAP) Professional fishermen said yesterday they had video footage showing a recent possible UFO sighting off the coast of northern New South Wales.
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