Tag: africa
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Clinton Wants New Drones To Hunt Kony
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Friday, endorsed the advancement of drone surveillance technology to aid the US in capturing fabled enemy Joseph Kony.
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode022 – Potland, Oregon (Video)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week James Evan Pilato guest hosts the show one last time and goes out in a blaze of medical marijuana glory in Oregon + headlines, the…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode022 – Potland, Oregon (Audio)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week James Evan Pilato guest hosts the show one last time and goes out in a blaze of medical marijuana glory in Oregon + headlines, the…
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How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others
The New Alliance was announced in conjunction with the G8 meeting last Friday. Under the scheme, some 45 corporations, including Monsanto, Syngenta, Yara International, Cargill, DuPont, and PepsiCo, have pledged a total of $3.5 billion in investment in Africa.
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#BingeAndPurge: Nano, Polio, POM, Peru and More
White House Blocking EPA Efforts to Issue Rules on Nanomaterials // Cases of ‘Non-Polio’ Paralysis Rise After Polio Vaccination Drives // Federal Judge Rules General Mills Is Allowed to Mislead Consumers about “Fruit” Products // FTC Judge Rules Pomegranate Juice Maker Used Deceptive Ads // ‘The Voice’ judge Will.i.am goes to Oxford University climate change…
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‘Superbug’ malaria mosquitoes becoming resistant to insecticides
from naturalnews.com: The unmitigated spread of malaria in many parts of the world is very serious, particularly throughout Africa where more than half a million individuals, many of whom are young children, reportedly die every year from infection. But insecticide-laced mosquito nets, aerial sprayings, and other chemical-based intervention methods have literally spawned an entirely new…
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‘Digging Up Rhodes Is Witchcraft’
from newsday.co.zw: Matopo cultural leaders yesterday condemned recent attempts by suspected ex-Zanla combatants to exhume Cecil John Rhodes’ remains from the Matopo Hills and described the intended action as “tantamount to witchcraft”. Um’thwakazi KaMzilikazi Cultural Association leader Nhlanhla Khumalo said the attempted exhumation was a defilement of the area’s traditional values and would not be…
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Interview w/Nile Bowie on the ‘Pacific Century’
This special interview episode features a conversation with Malaysian-based journalist and photographer Nile Bowie. After a long day at the Iraq War Crimes Tribunal in Kuala Lumpur, Nile helps break down the destabilization and ‘institutional agitation’ surrounding the Bersih movement in Malaysia.
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#BingeAndPurge: Poses, Promises, Cage-Free Change and more
Ron Wyden’s nuclear field trip: Fukushima poses ongoing danger* Video: Wyden Discusses a Recent Onsite Tour of Fukushima* 6 Portland neighborhood health food stores that put localvores first* Growing Hope by Growing Cities* Seed Lady Network Goes Live!* State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger* We’re all playing the Hunger Games in real life* Food…
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Huge Water Resource Exists Under Africa
from cryptogon.com: Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface. The team have produced the most detailed map yet of the scale and potential of this hidden…
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#DataDump: Electronic Curtains, Conflict Minerals and more
NSA Chief Denies, Denies, Denies Wired’s Domestic Spying Story: ‘NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)’ // U.S. dangles secret data for Russia missile shield approval // Teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page //
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Corbett Report: Episode222 – Lessons in Resistance: Open Source
Can we imagine a world without intellectual property? With the various enemies of freedom finding ever more elaborate ways to control the internet, we may have to find an answer to that question sooner than we think. Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we go in search of the freedom of the…
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The Kindoki = Witchcraft
Hundreds of children in west African communities in the U.K. are tortured, in belief, possessed by evil spirits, according to Sub-culture Alternatives Freedom Foundation website. A recent torture-murder of a 15 year old London boy by his sister and partner heightens concern of Kindoki as reported in Metro London article, “Police warn children at risk…
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1/19 Binge & Purge: Fakes, Fads & GMO OMG!
Celebrity Chef Paula Deen Hid Diabetes, Pushed Hi-Fats // Anthony Bourdain slams ‘most dangerous woman to America’ // Many Restaurants Fake It As Demand for Organic Food Rises // GMO OMG! Scientists Grow Meat in Labs // Occupy Monsanto Jan24 in St. Louis // Video: Children chained to cocoa fields