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The Eurozone offcially slumps into recession; BT job cuts up to 10,000; Should UK troops withdraw from Afganitan, should other areas of Europe order more troops in order to reduce Burden from Britain. Changes comes to the universities, Two boys died at their home in Mancherster.

Eurozone slumps into recession

15 Euro-zone countries officially announced to slump into recession period, it comes after EU figures showing that the economy shrank by 0.2% in the third quarter.

The data shows Germany and Italy, two of the biggest economy within Euro-zone are already in recession.

BBC Berlin correspondent Steve Rosenberg said that major German economy depends on its export, and in the current economic downturn, even Germany is able to produce the best cars in the world, there is rare people can affor that.

Since 1999 Euro creation, this is the first recession Euro-zone met.

BT job cuts up to 10,000

The largest British phone company British Telecom has announced to cut 10,000 jobs this year from now to next year March.

The major job cuts will hit workers indirectly enployed by BT, such as contractors, offshore workers, who are outside of the agencies and which represents 6 percent reduction in BT's global work force.

Should UK troops withdraw from Afganitan?

Up to 2000 troops are likely to send to Afganistan next year.

The minister are considering to send more troops to Afganistan in order to meet the requirement of the US president-elect Brack Obama.

The turmoil emerged last Tuesday after two Royal Marines were killed in southern Afganistan Helmand. The Afghan leaders told Gordon Brown that there should be more troops to stablise the region.

Up to date the UK government has already ordered 8,100 troops in Helmand province and the British officials have publically claimed that there should be extra troops sent from other regions from Europe, in order to share the burden.

Changes comes to the universities

Major changes are expecting to happen in universities, through reforming the traditional academic calender year to transforming the current degree grading system.

The study shows the current traditional academic calender are unhelpful to part-time students who work while studying.

"Certainly traditional university systems, timetables and calendars are constructed with little reference to the world of employment," Professor Christine King said, vice-chancellor of Staffordshire University.

A paper suggest the newly system to allow students receive "credits" for every module they have completed, which will give them opportunities for later use, if they quit and return to campus later on.

Two boys died at their home in Mancherster

Two baby boies were stabbed dead at their home in Mancherster, one is aged 2 and his brother only 3-months-year old.

Their mother the 21-year-old was detained after discovering the boys' death, under the Mental Health Act.

The case was investigated by social service in Mancherster after leaving one of the baby at a surgery.

The services also revealed they became involved with the family after the three-month-old was briefly left at a GP surgery earlier this year.

They were also questionning why their mother was no longer assigned a social worker is now under way at Manchester City Council.