Brazil's vestibular controls university entry in Rio
In Brazil the vestibular, a multiple choice college entrance test, largely decides admission, highlighting gaps in public education and limited university capacity. Critics say it favors those from private schools, while many students rely on private prep courses to boost scores.
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Rio
Jose Antonio Chaves
Sergio Costa Ribeiro
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Friedrich Niedner
Ribeiro
Holiday Train Derailment Delays Many Travelers
A Broadway Limited derailment near Downingtown Pa injures 36 with four hospitalized overnight. About 200 aboard. 95 bused to Harrisburg, others home. Power lines down, service halted then resumed by next morning. Cause under investigation by Amtrak.
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Christmas Aftermath Filled With Memories Old Bills
Memories and leftovers marked the Christmas weekend as families faced post holiday bills and exchange lines. Pope Paul VI delivered a televised midnight Mass message urging aid to those in need while regional conflicts and blazes claimed lives, including a Chicago building fire that killed ten children and a Maine blaze that injured a mother and killed three boys.
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Colo
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Chicago
Jesus Garcia
Fairfield
Maine
Holiday Tragedy Strikes Again in Fairfield Maine
In Fairfield Maine a Christmas tree fire killed three Reynolds children and wounded their mother and seven others. Firefighters arrived to a blaze as relatives recalled a Thanksgiving death and a prior July drowning in the family. Fire Chief Leighton described rapid rescue attempts and a quick-thinking sister credited with saving others.
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Dorothy Reynold
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