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Nutrition and Disease Debate Should Shift to Science

Posted on October 11, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Opinions and Editorials
Science needs to be injected into the controversy over use of nutritional supplements in tackling HIV and tuberculosis, says Wieland Gevers.
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Keywords: Tuberculosis, South Africa, nutrition, food supplements, HIV/AIDS

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South Africa - Hip Hop Revolution

Posted on July 11, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Culture and Society
A new film chronicles the rise of hip hop from apartheid to contemporary South Africa.
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Keywords: hip hop, South Africa, Hip Hop Revolution, film reviews, social movements

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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

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2005 Global Envision Film Resources

Posted on September 26, 2005
Countries: Argentina, Jamaica
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
Wondering what movie to see or rent? Check out our list of recommended documentary films on globalization.
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Keywords: work conditions, South Africa, Robert McNamara, nokia, music, Fog of War, documentary, debt, Control Room, business ethics, Baraka, Amandla, Al-Jazeera

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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 21:27
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

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
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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
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