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Bigger earthquake predicted to come
Sunday, 5 September 2010 - 9:13 AM SL Time
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Scientists fear a bigger earthquake could be in the wings.
They admit they were caught out by the location of yesterday`s earthquake, expecting a serious jolt to occur further west.
Now they are warning the 4:36am 7.1 on the Richter Scale quake - centred 40km west of Christchurch and with its epicentre 10km south-east of Darfiel - was not the big one they had been predicting.
GNS scientist John Ristau said while quakes of such magnitude were expected every so often in the South Island, the area of yesterday`s quake was not known to be particularly seismically active.
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8 private universities to be set up as a initial setp in Sri Lanka
Sunday, 5 September 2010 - 4:32 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka is to allow setting up of private universities in the country in order to provide more opportunities for higher studies. Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake has said that eight international universities are to be set up in the country as an initial step.
The government has already taken necessary steps to bring regulatory framework to standardize and provide quality assurances in higher education in privately run universities and learning institutions. The budget 2010 proposed to build partnerships with the private sector to facilitate students who qualify to enter universities but do not get a placement to do so due to limited openings.
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