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The Beeb's Ben Sutherland looks at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver and, among the cries for “more power!”, finds some workable ideas. Some excerpts: Clearly, the issues the forum was discussing are of phenomenal importance. The human race simply cannot go on living the way it does – that much is certain. And yet [...]
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From the BBC: The Islamist militia now controlling the Somali capital says it will protect foreign media following the murder of Swedish journalist Martin Adler. Mr Adler, 47, was shot dead as he filmed a rally in Mogadishu on Friday. The chairman of Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, sent condolences to Mr [...]