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1st Pan Asia-Africa Results-Based M&E Forum

The first Pan Asia-Africa Results-Based M&E Forum will be held in Bangkok from 26-28 Nov, 2012. (More info)

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The World Spends US$ 100 Billion on Nuclear Warheads… This Year

Human Wrongs Watch Geneva – Nuclear weapons spending in 2012 is likely to exceed US$100 billion –ten folds the United Nations’ yearly operational budget– despite continuing global financial ... (More)

An unexpected crew member joins the Rainbow Warrior

Eight days into this blockade, and our climbers are standing firm. They’re helping to expose forest crimes like illegal logging, slavery and the loss of indigenous land by sitting on the anchor ... (More)

Issue 8, March 2012

Maize genetic improvement A success tale in legume work Breeding superior banana hybrids Cassava & agrigenomics Yam breeding at IITA Genomics for yam breeding A ‘Green Revolution’ in cocoa ... (More)

Mind the gap…

Excising banana explants. Photo by IITA. IITA was established in 1967 to increase and improve food crop production, and soil and crop management for sustainable agricultural development. The ... (More)

Lady Gaga censorship shows Indonesia ‘no model for Muslim democracy’

“It is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy,” writes Andreas Harsono, citing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s statement, “If you ... (More)

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Maher Arar More than 60,000 people signed a petition delivered to the White House yesterday calling on President Barack Obama to issue a formal apology to US rendition victim Maher Arar. In ... (More)

Russia’s oil leaks – a forgotten disaster

It’s late in the evening, but the sun has not yet settled here in Usinsk in the northernmost part of Russia where my Russian colleague and I arrived in a storming blizzard a few days ago. Located ... (More)

Deckers Outdoor Corporation Joins Ceres Company Network

 (3BL Media) Boston - May 22, 2012 - Ceres announced today that it is has approved Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQ:DECK), a footwear and accessories company headquartered in Goleta, ... (More)

I, Robot?

In experiments at six public universities, students assigned randomly to statistics courses that relied heavily on “machine-guided learning” software — with reduced face time with instructors — ... (More)

Building American Support for Global Health Spending

A version of this post appeared in the PSI blog. What do Americans think about the role of the US in global health? A Kaiser Family Foundation survey released today sought to answer that ... (More)