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A 40-year-old British man will on Tuesday become the first person recognised as having run around the world, according to the Guiness Book of World Records. Robert Garside will run into Picadilly Circus, where he began his first attempt to jog around the world in December 1996, to be presented with a certificate by authorities from the publication. While traversing the world over five years and eight months, Garside ran across 30 countries on six continents, covering more than 30,000 miles (48,000 kilometres). During that time, he slept in the snow in the Himalayas, and at a monastery in Tibet, and also had to out-run thieves in Mexico and gunmen in Panama. He even spent five nights in a Chinese jail for not having the right travel documents.

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The last five colleges and universities with ties to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina are preparing to split with the organization, a move that would cost each school about $1.2 million a year.

Some schools fear that the conservative direction of the denomination might limit their academic freedom. The convention voted last year to ban gay-friendly churches from the organization. Supporters of the separation also said that the schools are increasingly attracting students who don’t have a background in the Baptist church.

“The denominations continue to set boundaries that are ever-changing, and it makes it difficult for universities to negotiate,” said Bill Leonard, the dean of Wake Forest University’s divinity school.

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