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Investment Management students will soon see their tuition rise. Concordia's board of Governors voted Thursday to hike tuition in three of the Goodman Institute's programs. Those include one diploma program and two Masters'.

Students will see their tuition rise $2,000. They will now pay $18,000 a year.

The Board also approved their tentative operating budget. The budget projects a $530 million increase in revenue over three years. Just less than half of that will come from tuition increases. The majority of the rest will come from increased government funding.

More riots have broken out in Uganda over the price of food. After a leading politician was arrested for the third time in three weeks, street demonstrations erupted in downtown Kampala.

President Yoweri has defended the government’s actions that led to the rising commodity prices. He also defended the harsh actions that government forces have used on protesters.

Five people have been killed with many more injured and over one hundred arrested since the start of the protests. Including a two year old who was shot in the chest when government forces opened fire.

With the federal election less than two weeks away, party leaders are continuing to squabble about the threat of a potential coalition government.

On Thursday, Conservative leader Stephen Harper tried to distance himself from the big “c” word.

In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, Harper again denied claims from the NDP and Bloc Quebecois that he had been willing to ally with the two parties to seize power from the Liberals in 2004. Harper also said that if the Liberals or the NDP won the May 2nd election, he wouldn’t try to re-take power through a coalition.