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...finding a way to deliver accurate information directly from topical experts to viewers is exactly what has the science community so enthused about the Earth Portal. "This can help open up communication between scientists and the general public in a way we haven't seen before," says renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, who is on the ManyOne Foundation Board. "It can be a wonderful tool not only for science students, but really for anyone seeking credible information about any number of important topics: climate change, bio-diversity, conservation and so much more...
...area evacuated by Israel in 2005 is well on its way to becoming a kind of seaside Falluja, a safe haven and training ground for extremists of all kinds. Aid workers recently returned from Gaza describe a city breaking down into tribal and gang formations, much like Iraq. The fact that these groups can act with impunity is clear in the ongoing captivity of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in March, and has been held despite the fact that his release has been demanded by the top leadership of both Fatah and Hamas. Last week, Palestinian President Mahmhoud...
...having moved to Kuala Lumpur, he persuaded his mother to let him earn a few ringgits by playing a couple of hours a night at a bar where one of the older Ponnudorai boys was a regular. "That was 1979," Ponnudorai says. "I walked into that bar and I haven't walked out of a bar since...
...power in January. By most accounts, Russians like how Vladimir Putin has ruled. And though Chávez is one of Latin America's least democratic leaders, he's also one of the most popular. In many countries that have embraced democracy since the cold war's end, free elections haven't reduced corruption, violence or poverty. When generals topple democratic governments or when autocrats like Putin or Chávez strangle them from within, they usually do so in the name of honest government and meat for dinner. And for people who have gone years without either, that sounds pretty good...
...given that the decline has been going on since records began in 1872. "The surprise is the stabilization of the number of Catholics," said Marcelo Neri, an economist at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a top Rio business school who helped author a study based on the government data. "Catholics haven't attracted more faithful, but they are no longer losing their flock...