A federal oceanographer says a flip-flop in atmospheric conditions is creating a feast for salmon and other sea life off the West Coast, reversing a trend that contributed to a virtual shutdown of West Coast salmon fishing this summer. Bill Peterson of NOAA Fisheries in Newport, Ore., said Tuesday the change in cycle of an […]
Sudanese Food Exports Hard to Swallow
Posted by Sarah Amandolare to findingDulcinea Sudan is drawing criticism for exporting food while Darfur starves, but the situation is nothing new and Burmese people have faced a similar plight. Despite having “the potential to be the breadbasket of Africa,” according to United Nations World Food Program director Kenro Oshidari, Sudan fails to feed its […]
Mountains beyond Mountains : The story of Dr Paul Farmer
The story of Dr Paul Farmer, an unconventional American doctor, medical anthropologist and ethnographer as recorded in Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder is a riveting piece of work; considering it is after all classified as a biography and describes the life and work of an infectious disease specialist dabbling in TB, HIV & AIDS, […]
Americans Play Down "Afghan Guantanamo" Fears
US military rejects accusations that it is building a local replacement for Guantanamo Bay, but Afghans are angered at plans for the new prison. By Hafizullah Gardesh and Jean MacKenzie in Kabul An American military spokesperson has dismissed suggestions that a new prison planned for Afghanistan is intended to receive prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, the […]
Child Labor Report Latest Example of China’s Disrespect for Human, Workers’ Rights
by James Parks Here’s one more reason that the Bush administration’s refusal to push China to respect workers’ rights is wrong. This week, Chinese police rescued 167 village children sold to work as slave laborers in a city in the booming southern province of Guangdong in the Pearl River Delta. The children all came from poor families who lived […]
Egypt – Gates of the King
Gates of the King, better known as Valley of the Kings, is a valley that can be found in Egypt where tombs for the Pharaohs were built for about 500 years; not only the pharaohs but basically if you were rich enough and powerful enough in the Egyptian society, then you got to have your […]