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October 29th

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Global Warming Cures - Time to Harvest Ocean Power?

Posted on October 30, 2006
Previously filed under: Asia, Environment
Ocean tidal power, the hydraulic energy in the globe's waters, may constitute a massive untapped potential of much needed alternative energy.
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Keywords: global warming, hydropower, technology, environment, solar power, generators

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How Growth Challenges the Global Political Climate

Posted on October 30, 2006
Topics: Economic Development, Conflict and War, Climate and Environment
Previously filed under: Africa, Environment
Rising populations, economic growth and climate change have become underlying challenges of sustainable development and need to be confronted before future crises appear.
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Keywords: Darfur, population, climate change

October 26th

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The Planet in Peril - Part I

Posted on October 27, 2006
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Environment
Global warming, arctic ice melt and rising oceans will shrink nations and change world maps.
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Keywords: global warming, climate change, Earth, environment, coast

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Greenland Ice Sheet Rapidly Melting

Posted on October 27, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Environment
Scientists suggest that the past decade has led to a dramatic acceleration of ice loss in Greenland's fast shrinking ice sheet.
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Keywords: Greenland, global warming, glaciers, ice sheets, melting, glacier acceleration

October 25th

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DDT Use for Malaria Control Threatens Public Health

Posted on October 26, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
A Washington-based non-profit promotes alternative forms of malaria prevention, claiming that the health and environmental costs of DDT use outweigh any potential benefits.
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Keywords: DDT, health, malaria, pesticide, environment, Africa, World Health Organization

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The DDT Conundrum

Posted on October 26, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
Should DDT, a toxic chemical, be used to curb malaria in Africa? DDT could potentially save millions of lives, but at what expense?
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Keywords: DDT, pesticide, health, environment, Africa, malaria

October 24th

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DDT, Malaria, and the Environment

Posted on October 25, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
An environmentalist suggests that the benefits of using DDT against malaria outweigh the risks, which are minor compared to the loss of life caused by the disease.
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Keywords: DDT, malaria, environment, pesticide, cancer, extinction

October 23rd

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DDT, Malaria, and Africa

Posted on October 24, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
There is opposition to DDT use as it poses health and environmental risks, but the benefits of saving millions of lives by combating malaria outweighs such potential dangers.
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Keywords: DDT, malaria, Africa, pesticide, environment

October 22nd

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Globalization Hits Road Bumps in India

Posted on October 23, 2006
Topics: Globalization
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Asia, Global Economy
The Indian government must strive to combine the deregulation and globalization of its economy with social programs to achieve progress towards economic integration.
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Keywords: reform, labor, economic integration, deregulation

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Crude Poverty

Posted on October 23, 2006
Countries: Liberia
Previously filed under: Africa, General Globalization
Many African communities with oil riches under their soil still face poverty.
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Keywords: shell, resource, oil, Nigeria, MNC, energy, Chad, Africa

October 18th

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Will the End of Oil Be the End Of Food?

Posted on October 19, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Agriculture
As the American agriculture becomes more and more dependent on oil, a few forward-thinking farmers are trying to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
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Keywords: agriculture, oil, fossil fuel, alternative energy,

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Beating HIV/AIDS Still Needs a Scientific Approach

Posted on October 19, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
The research community's failure in the past 25 years to develop either a vaccine or a cure for HIV/AIDS underlines the need to be more, not less, scientific.
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Keywords: South Africa, science, relief, health, HIV/AIDS

October 16th

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Made in China - Wal-Mart Unions

Posted on October 17, 2006
Topics: Trade, Corporations
Countries: China
Previously filed under: Asia, Global Economy
Chinese unions have successfully taken on Wal-Mart. Their success could have implications for other foreign companies in China and Wal-Mart stores elsewhere in the world.
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East Africa - Farewell to Snows on the Equator?

Posted on October 17, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Environment
The recent accelerated rate of glacier decline on East Africa's snowcapped mountains has caused a rising concern among scientists and locals.
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Keywords: Africa, east africa, global warming, glaciers, mount Kilimanjaro, climate change

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How Will Greater Foreign Aid Help the Poor This Time?

Posted on October 17, 2006
Previously filed under: Global Economy
What are the two tragedies of the world's poor? The first is that children die every day from disease and malnutrition. The second is that aid has not changed that reality.
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Keywords: United Nations, poverty, Millenium Development Goal, Jeffery Sachs, humanitarian aid

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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

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India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

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Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

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The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
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Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

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