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- The global food crisis
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  The global food crisis is partly the result of investment speculation
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- Getting humanitarian aid to Myanmar
  Posted by nelsonjs from Theseminal
  As the death toll continues to rise in the wake of Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar (Burma) last weekend, international aid is beginning to arrive from neighboring countries. China, India, and Thailand have been able to fly in supplies, but the military junta has been hesitant to allow other countries to help with the aid effort-including aid offered by the United States.
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- Crisis looms as 18 million Chinese can't find a wife
  Posted by VincebusEruptum from Guardian UK
  China is planning to tighten punishments for sex-selective abortions amid concerns that its widening gender imbalance will lead to wife trafficking, sexual crimes and social frustration. Shocking new figures released by the state media show that the worst affected city...
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- Metropolis strives to meet its thirst
  Posted by aknight from BBC News
  Water ghost towns?
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- Wild weather in Southern California
  Posted by aknight from Yahoo News!
  AP - Volatile weather swept through Southern California on Tuesday, delivering downpours, hail, snow, and fierce winds that capsized boats and toppled power lines and trees. More than 140,000 customers lost power.
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- Environment Unlimited _ Climate change _ Water for millions at risk as glaciers melt away
  Posted by aknight from Environment.guardian.c
  water is the next oil
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- Seed: White House Said to Bar Hurricane Report
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  Censorship. Bad.
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aknight comments on:
Wild weather in Southern California

I wonder when we’re going to start considering “extreme” weather as the new normal???

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10:54 pm 3/27/07
Jeff comments on:
Wild weather in Southern California

Just saw Borge Ousland, polar explorer lecture… he talked about how the ice cap in the North Pole is about half what it was twenty years ago and once it melts and the sun spends 24 hours per day heating the ocean … we’re going to be in for some crazy weather.

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10:46 pm 3/27/07

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Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.
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