The European Commission announced Monday that it has selected 803 third-country students, including 10 Iranians to receive the Erasmus Mundus scholarships for the next academic year (2005-2006). According to <i>IRNA</I>, the students will study in Europe for one or two years to obtain a European masters' degree from one of the 35 Erasmus Mundus masters courses. The Erasmus Mundus program is the EU's co-operation program in the field of higher education.
ALBAWABA - Unknown people have taken a ship off the UAE coast near the Strait of Hormuz and escorted it toward Iranian territorial waters, a U.K. maritime agency (UKMTO) announced ...