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The following insightful
analysis of top world news developments of last week comes
to you compliments of The World & I Online. (Please note
that due to summer vacation, there will be no email service
of Headlines in Review until the end of July. Headlines will
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| Week ending Friday, July 23, 2010
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London: Where smoke, gender are killers
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| London, July 22, 2010 -- Looking through the World Health Organization’s figures on causes of death the other day (it's a cheerful life, being a development researcher), I was reminded of an astonishi...
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Spain: Spaniards see dollar signs on the World Cup
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| Spain, July 20, 2010 -- It's been more than a week since Spain won the World Cup, and the Spanish Institute of Tourism is still celebrating: "Ole! ole! ole!"
The office boasts on its U.S.-aimed websi...
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Zambia: Calls for political parties to field 50 percent female candidates
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| Zambia, July 22, 2010 -- With women having achieved little in terms of representation in decision-making positions in Zambia, a national women’s lobby group is hoping to change this in the 2011 genera...
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Indonesia: Forest community rejects emissions trading
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| Indonesia, July 22, 2010, Several villages in Indonesia want to reject millions of dollars of international aid to run a forest conservation project near their homes. They are concerned that efforts t...
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Walker's World: A 9-year recession?
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| Paris, July 19, 2010 -- A melancholy anniversary has come. It is now three years since the Great Recession began with the announcement by the ratings agencies that they were downgrading mortgage-backe...
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London: Access to clean water is most violated rights
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| United Nations, July 22, 2010 -- On July 28th, for the first time ever, the general assembly of the United Nations will hold a historic summit on the human right to water. It will consider and debate ...
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Fired fed gets apology from White House
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| Washington, D.C., July 21, 2010 -- White Houses rarely apologize, but for the second time the Obama administration was forced to issue a mea culpa for its hasty handling of a racially charged incident...
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China: Poor west gets an uncertain push
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| China, July 22, 2010 -- China is stepping up its 10-year-long effort to develop its vast western regions, home to energy and mineral resources crucial to its future growth. So far, the campaign’s resu...
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France: Physicists discuss 'big bang machine' progress at Paris Conference
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| Paris, July 21, 2010 -- A very specialized group of scientists meets this month (July 22 - 28) in Paris for a biennial conference on high energy physics and among the topics are the accomplishments of...
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Have computers (finally) saved books?
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| Washington, D.C., July 20, 2010 -- It's a paradox in the making: On Monday, Amazon.com announced that the firm had sold 180 electronic books, or e-books, the previous month for every 100 printed-on-pa...
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Mexico: Risk of exotic pets morphing into invasive pests
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| Mexico City, July 20, 2010 -- Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when ...
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Virtual life and digital death
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| Washington D.C., July 15, 2010 -- As social networking websites grow more popular and complex, users develop something like a virtual life online. People meet, argue, have relationships, and mark majo...
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