Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Arab nations to deepen and broaden the reforms under way in order to improve lives, enhance opportunities and advance equality in the region.
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Be sure to read past the mere idea of the Tibetan language's suitability for Buddhist thought. Clearly, religion, langauge, and politics are all present in urging linguistic resurgence. Delete the scoop?
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Decades ago, China decided it had too many people and instituted a policy that allowed most couples just one child. While the policy has been loosened some, it's still largely in place. Delete the scoop?
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"Many of us have heard the stories of how our parents or grandparents had to walk miles in the snow to get to school. Perhaps some of these tales were a tad embellished, but we got the point. A lot of American kids have the luxury of being driven in a warm car or bus to a good school nearby. This is not the case for the children in this gallery. The photos you are about to see are snapshots of the treacherous trips kids around the world take each day to get an education. Considering there are currently 61 million children worldwide who are not receiving an education—the majority of which are girls—these walks are seen as being well worth the risk. In the above photo, students in Indonesia hold tight while crossing a collapsed bridge to get to school in Banten village on January 19, 2012.Flooding from the Ciberang river broke a pillar supporting the suspension bridge, which was built in 2001." Via Seth Dixon
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What are you willing to do to get your education? 
Thomas D's comment,
April 30, 12:51 PM
In this article it shows many pictures of the tough and dangerous paths that these students have to take just to get to a classroom and to school. With the amount of children not being able to attend school around the world you can see why some of these children go about these journeys to learn. On the other side it makes me see just how lucky I was and the rest of my fellow classmates were to be able to attend school. To be able to be driven to school or to take a bus. Nowadays some American children will skip going to school if they wake up late or because they simply missed the bus. I thought I had it rough when I had to walk to school in the snow through the city, but this really opened my eyes to how lucky I was and still am. It amazing to see what these children will do to get an education and this is part of the reasons why other countries are becoming more advanced than America, because of the lengths there citizens will go to better themselves.
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April 30, 10:25 PM
This world makes getting an education the key to being a success and gives it such high importance. It is almost as if you are nothing without some sort of degree and you won’t make it far without it. It is a shame that such young kids, including elementary students, have to bear such conditions just to get to class. Most of the paths are life threatening. The lack of quality infrastructure and access to education is mind blowing. The quality of education systems vary between different countries whether they be developed or not which is why there is a rise in inequality rates. Girls are less likely to risk their lives taking these routes to school and would rather work. You now need a strong educational background which can sometimes be competitive. These pictures are eye opening and because these kids are so devoted to attending school something should be done about the conditions of their environment. They clearly deserve a safe path to school.
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May 1, 12:51 AM
This slideshow makes it painfully clear that the degree to which a country is developed makes for very different experiences when it comes to education and physically getting to a school. Less developed countries clearly present different, in many cases, more dangerous obstacles to arriving at a school than well developed countries present.
The climate and geographic features found in other countries seem to often be what creates the challenges in getting young people to schools. Economically, these countries are clearly disadvantaged, as the lack of a viable infrastructure would indicate. Due to this lack of infrastructure, the journey to school is dangerous and arduous. A certain resilience can be seen in these pictures, however. Those who take these dangerous trips to schools miles away or over dangerous terrain clearly value education, indicating a cultural emphasis on the importance of learning, many times in spite of harsh geographic factors. Delete the scoop?
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Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University's poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates. Via Paola Rattu Delete the scoop?
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Greece is the poster child of European economic crisis. But across the Aegean Sea is Turkey, with a booming economy. The two neighbors, though, are long-time enemies.
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India's first all-women bank will start operations from November this year through six branches spread across the length and breadth of the country, finance minister P Chidambaram said today. Delete the scoop?
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More than 100 Roman Catholic cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel in March. One will emerge as pope. Who will it be? The "Sweet Sistine" is our guess at the top candidates from each continent.
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With more than 1billion followers, the geographic diversity of today's Catholic church is vast. With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, questions abound as to the identity of the next pope. The Religion News Service takes this question to the next level. Considering the popularity of betting services around the world, the bracket concept isn't that unlikely. 
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I won't pretend to know much about Catholic sucession, but this is pretty awesome. Delete the scoop?
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The Filipino Catholic Church has long been influential in the country's politics, as well as its morality.
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A shrinking world economy is painful for many, but girls and women suffer most from the effects of recession. Delete the scoop?
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COLUMBUS, OH—Thryssskmsss, a 2-year-old barn funnel weaver spider, confided to friends Wednesday that she isn’t sure she’s ready for 3,000 children at this point in her life.
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While a joke story from a satirical news source, this spider seems to be focusing on her career and not on having children. Surely, there's a connection to stage 3 and 4 of the Spider Demographic Transition Model here. Delete the scoop?
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Mauritania bans the use of plastic bags to protect the environment and the lives of animals and fish, the environment minister says.
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Contrasting consumer culture in the United States with developing world, this story suggests once again that the "conveniences" afforded people in MDCs aren't always aspired to in developing nations. Delete the scoop?
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The Colombian city of Medellin was once the murder capital of the world and ground zero for Pablo Escobar’s cocaine cartel. But Medellin has lately emerged as a hotspot for urban planning and innovative mass transit.
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Considering rapid urbanization, seeing municipalities deal realistically and positively with squatter settlements and work to integrate that population into the formal economy is heartening and fascinating.
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Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found. Via Seth Dixon
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December 18, 2012 6:28 PM
Wal-Mart officials worked hard to ensure that zoning regulations were changed so that they could bring a store to a coveted location. They built a Wal-Mart in the shadows of arguably Mexico's most important world heritage site--the pyramids of Teotihuacán. This investigative report uncovers the illegal steps that Wal-Mart took to force through their agenda. Questions to Ponder: Why would Wal-Mart be so keen on this particular location? Why would some in Mexico oppose this project so fiercely? Would Wal-Mart behave in such a manner in the United States? 
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February 13, 10:35 PM
I knew that Wal-Mart was rather devious in its uses of force, using both bribery and elbow rubbing to get exactly what they want. That being said the extent of the misdoings in Mexico was shocking. In my opinion Wal-Mart is ruining a national landmark and a great tourist attraction. The question I ask myself is, is there any chance that Egypt would ever allow a Wal-Mart to be built next to their Great Pyramids? Delete the scoop?
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China’s leaders face great challenges and great expectations. Economic growth is slowing, the population is aging, and the environment is in a state of crisis. This is a tantalizing, albeit incomplete, view of China in flux, promoting consideration of how the cultural landscape has and will change as China's demographic, economic, and environmental realities clash with the political status quo and uncertain changes ahead.
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Serbia rejects a European Union-brokered deal on normalising ties with its breakaway province of Kosovo. Delete the scoop?
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Just 10 years ago, Professor Hasan Tanriverdi could have been arrested by security forces, blindfolded and taken to an underground prison and tortured, just for doing this. Speaking Kurdish was banned under Turkish law. Delete the scoop?
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In conservative parts of India, women were expected to be shy, and reserved -- seen, and not heard. But that's changing, as more girls become educated and aspire to independence. And 12-year-old Sarita Meena is the embodiment of that change.
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Brazilian security forces seized control of two crime-ridden slums near Rio de Janeiro's international airport and seaport Sunday in a new bid to drive out drug traffickers."
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Drugs and violence seem intimately connected to rapid urbanization in developing countries. Is police presence a truly sustainable solution to the challenges facing Brazil and others in the developing world? Delete the scoop?
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With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notorious gang rape in New Delhi.
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China's environment ministry appears to have acknowledged the existence of so-called "cancer villages", after years of public speculation about the impact of pollution in certain areas.
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Routinely mentioned is the rapid growth of China's economic influence in global business, alongside Beijing's political clout. Often overlooked, however, are the consequences of this rapid development, such as the spike in cancer cases and cancer as a leading cause of death. Delete the scoop?
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Arab nations to deepen and broaden the reforms under way in order to improve lives, enhance opportunities and advance equality in the region.
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(In no way should this post be considered an endorsement of any product or service). This under 3-minute clip shows, from an investing perspective, a great deal about global development. It assumes a global middle class will share similar values, consumer habits, and preferences as current MDCs--especially the United States.
Pondering the consequences, positive and negative--of this development begs questions about the pace of economic development and political climates, among many other aspects of the cultural landscape. Delete the scoop?
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It’s Saturday morning in the rural Mexican state of Zacatecas and we are in English class. Antonio Acosta gives basic lessons to 35 teachers. “In! Between! Over! On!” he shouts out during one exercise.
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Politics, economics, culture, and migration meet in the Mexican classroom. This story adds to the discussion of how American policies and economic reality lead some students and teachers into uncomfortable settings--how do students with limited language skills in their supposed home countries fit in? how do teachers cope with students who are speakers of other languages without formalized training? Delete the scoop?
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Medellín is an interesting case study in intelligently incorporating new ideas in mass transportation into existing--if illegal--settlements. Should its success continue, watching the diffusion of this form of transportation will be intriguing in application to other urban places. Delete the scoop?
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China's legislature is requiring adult children visit their aged parents 'often' — or risk a lawsuit.
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Well, here's one way to deal with an aging population. Delete the scoop?
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