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Songbirds, such as the bobolink (at right), fly thousands of miles to return to the northern hemisphere every spring. Or, that’s how it’s supposed to be — but the numbers of migratory birds have plummeted in recent years, with everything from pesticides to American dining habits taking the blame.
Photo: Phodge100
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Two new studies both affirm and refute the link between cell phones and brain cancer, while an Israeli researcher finds a link between wireless gabbing and salivary gland tumors. Time to hang it up? Or just more crank calls?
Photo: Compujeramy
Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED:
“This unique population has given us an indication that cell phone use is associated with cancer.” — Dr. Siegal Sadetzki of the University of Tel Aviv, on cell phones and salivary gland tumors (see “Public Health,” below). CONTENTS:
*Top Stories*
Ghana’s oil — blessing or curse? Broadband: BBC calls for market ‘intervention’
Yemen steps, uneasy, from past to future
*Public Health*
Callbacks on the cell phone cancer story
*Water*
Virtual water and real thirst
TOP STORIES
* Ghana’s Oil — Blessing or Curse?
Cheap cigarettes from the Balkans and Southeastern Europe are prized by smugglers, who sell them in the West at huge markups. The illicit trade fuels border-crossing corruption and crime, at the cost of billions in tax revenue.
Photo: Bulgarian cigarettes/Pudpuhduk
Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED:
“The police chief has asked us to stop so we are stopping, but remain peaceful, because soon we will be running this country.” — Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was drummed out of power 10 years ago, speaking at a rally to mark his political return (see “Malaysia,” below). CONTENTS:
*Top Stories*
King Tobacco, Balkan crime lord
Cultivating change in Lebannon
Israel: Homelessness spikes for girls
*Intolerance*
Not your father’s hate groups
*Malaysia*
A political resurrection Malaysia
TOP STORIES
* King Tobacco, Balkan Crime Lord
Cigarette counterfeiting and smuggling in the Balkans is one of the primary drivers of crime and corruption in the region, according to a coalition of investigative reporting projects. Bosnia-Herzegovina alone is estimated to lose $200 million each year in tax revenue from tobacco smuggling, a sum that could approach billions worldwide.
As if deadlier storms, new diseases, compromised agriculture, rising sea levels and endangered polar bears weren’t enough to worry about, add hay fever to the list of global warming concerns.
Photo: Hibiscus pollen/Macropoulo
Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED:
“We do not want to do anything that the companies feel would be negative in their competitive environment.” — Rhode Island cable TV regulator Eric Palazzo, on his move to keep secret formerly public information about cable companies such as Cox and Verizon (see “Top Stories,” below). CONTENTS:
*Top Stories*
An investor’s guide to presidential candidates
Rhode Island: Secrecy affirmed for cable TV
The ends of the Internet? *War & Terrorism*
Uneasy France steps up to NATO role
*Environment & Health*
Global warming: Something to sneeze at
TOP STORIES
* An Investor’s Guide to Presidential Candidates
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The Navajo Nation has announced plans to create a new wind-power plant on an Arizona reservation, but is also trying to build a coal-fired plant that critics bitterly oppose. An existing coal plant (at right) has been blamed for giving the area some of the dirtiest air in the state.
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Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED:
“Some people in the west think they own us or have the authority over us. That is why some judge sits in Spain and indicts Kagame. He has no jurisdiction over us, over Rwanda. If I met him today I would tell him to go to hell.”