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• Massachusetts students want Don McLean's concert cancelled
• Obama's pick for Education says teachers saved his life
• Indonesia orders re-arrest of international school teachers charged with sex abuse

Massachusetts students want Don McLean's concert cancelled Posted: 25 Feb 2016 03:12 PM PST Massachusetts high school students are calling for the cancellation of a concert by "American Pie" singer Don McLean because of a domestic-violence charge against him in Maine. The Cape Cod Times ...

Obama's pick for Education says teachers saved his life Posted: 25 Feb 2016 01:17 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to serve as Education Secretary says he rose to his current position because New York City public school teachers "literally saved my life."

Indonesia orders re-arrest of international school teachers charged with sex abuse Posted: 25 Feb 2016 07:15 AM PST By Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of two teachers from Canada and Indonesia on charges of sexually abusing kindergarten children at an international school in Jakarta, extended their jail sentences and ordered their re-arrest. The Canadian embassy in Jakarta called the Supreme Court's decision "unjust" and said the case had not been handled transparently. "The outcome of this case has serious implications for Indonesia's reputation as a safe place for Canadians to work, travel and invest as well as for Canada's long history of cooperation with Indonesia," it said in an online statement.

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