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Friday, 30 January 2015

North Korea seeks foreign volunteers to teach tourism students


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/22/-sp-volunteers-teach-tourism-north-korea

north korea tourists


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/22/-sp-is-western-media-an-unwitting-ally-of-north-korea-propaganda

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at an awards ceremony for officials in December. The photo was released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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Monday, 26 January 2015

China- a Superpower in the making.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30990268

Photo of new presidential palace under constructions (June 2014)
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American Sniper illustrates the west’s morality blind spots


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/26/america-morality-blind-spots-guantanamo-bay-king-abdullah-hypocrisy-civilisation

Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper.

Very interesting take on the current issues of whether or not there is a global culture...
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Should the ANWR be protected?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150125-arctic-wilderness-conservation-environment-energy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hey_WIAFVA&x-yt-ts=1421914688&x-yt-cl=84503534

Protecting the ANWR or not?
Picture of the North Slope of Alaska of the Porcupine Caribou herd.
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Sunday, 25 January 2015

Oil spills in Montana

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/jan/21/montana-yellowstone-river-oil-spill-contamination

montana oil spill

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/24/yellowstone-river-oil-spill-pipeline

Glendive water

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/21/yellowstone-river-montana-oil-spill-benzene




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Future Superpowers


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/china-bids-bring-economic-miracle-end-hard-times

China's economy failing....

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/25/india-economic-growth-modi-rajan-imf
Indian Workerjute factory

India could over take China- but only with reforms!
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Borneo's animals under threat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30924523
Poor outlook for the animals of Borneo.
The Sunda clouded leopard Neofelis diardi photographed in the Deramakot Forest Reserve in Sabah Malaysian Borneo
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