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Would students benefit from a bit more encouragement to get up in the morning for lectures? Academics in the US are debating a decision by Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff to introduce a monitoring system to check when students attend, or miss, class. Sensors will detect students' identification cards when they enter the lecture theatres. If they don't turn up often enough, they could find it reflected in their grades.

She came to visit Metro East schools as part of an exchange program, but Thai educator Areerat Wattanathongpiew was able to take in some local culture during her 15-day stay in the U.S. - such as a 20-inning game between the Cardinals and New York Mets.

Industrial pollution in Thailand can be deadly, but a new court ruling which has suspended 76 polluting projects is costing jobs and billions in lost revenue. On this episode of 101 East, Al Jazeera asks if Thailand can strike a balance between big business and the environment.

The number of students applying to take central university admissions exam in Thailand this year has dropped by about 20,000 comparing to last year's applications.

Heavy snow hampered relief efforts on Thursday following last week's devastating earthquake in the mainly Tibetan Yushu area of north-west China's Qinghai province, as the death toll has climbed to nearly 2,200.