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10 ways to promote social justice everyday

Amid growing uncertainty and turmoil around the globe, it takes courage to stand up for what you think is right. So how can we be the change we want to see in the world?

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Britain shaped by Thatcher’s “Iron Lady” legacy

We take a look at the “Iron Lady” who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world during her 11 years in power.

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Open mind needed to crack the human brain code

A million dollar US project hopes to unlock the mysteries of the brain & map its pathways.

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Butterfly numbers at record low

Mexico’s migrating monarch butterflies are fast declining in size, with a dramatic 59 per cent drop in this year’s winter populations.

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Pacific Oceanscape

Pacific Island nations have collaborated to create one of the world’s largest conservation initiatives: protecting a shared ocean territory four times the size of the United States.

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One million Syrians go hungry

More than one million Syrians will go without food this week as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) struggles to reach all those in need.

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GALLERY: Abu Dhabi

Editor-in-chief Michael McHugh visits the most modern city in the united Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi. See our gallery of images of this exotic travel destination.

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Obama: “I’m confident that we are ready”

President Barack Obama canceled campaign events to return to Washington to warn Americans to expect power outages and to heed evacuation orders as Hurricane Sandy approaches.

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Endangered penguins settle in new home

Four Magellanic penguins that were stranded on Brazil’s coast last year and airlifted to the United States, make their home in a new exhibit in Long Beach, California.

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Refugee envoy Jolie in Ecuador

Angelina Jolie makes her first trip as special envoy for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to Ecuador and speaks candidly about the purpose of her work there. MiNDFOOD reports.

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‘Splashes Spots & Stripes’ – Trends gallery

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So Much for That

Carole Bleu discusses So Much for That, an enlightening 
and occasionally devastating look at illness and the US healthcare system by the bestselling Lionel Shriver, MiNDFOOD Radio Presents.

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Obama delays Australia trip again

United States president Barack Obama has scrapped next week’s trip to Australia and Indonesia as he wages a last-ditch political battle over his healthcare reforms, MiNDFOOD reports.

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Bluefin tuna trade ban blocked

Japan has sunk a proposal at a United Nations meeting in Qatar to ban the export on Atlantic bluefin tuna, MiNDFOOD reports.

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Banderas joins the UN

Helen Clark, head of the UN Development Program (UNDP), has named Spanish actor Antonio Banderas as a “Goodwill Ambassador” for the global fight against poverty, MiNDFOOD reports.

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Millennials: tattooed, plugged in, open minded

If you sport a tattoo, rooted for Barack Obama, and have a profile on a social networking site, then chances are you can identify with the newly dubbed “Millennial” generation, reports MiNDFOOD.

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UN climate chief quits

Ban Ki-moon is faced with finding anther climate change figurehead following the announcement Yvo de Boer, head of the UN’s climate change convention, will resign.

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Warnings sound as hope turns to hate in US

Is the Tea Party movement the beginning of “white minority politics” in the United States? MiNDFOOD reports.

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Peter Gabriel discards drums, guitar for new album

British rock singer and songwriter Peter Gabriel has taken what he calls the “scary” step of paring down a new album of cover songs confined to orchestral instruments and his voice, reports MiNDFOOD.

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Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has visited earthquake victims in Haiti in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for a United Nations agency.

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Loss of species hits economy

Losses of animal and plant species are an increasing economic threat and the world needs new goals for protecting nature after failing to achieve a 2010 UN target of slowing extinctions, experts said, MiNDFOOD reports.

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Poor give muted backing to climate deal

A ‘Copenhagen Accord’ for fighting climate change has won only half-hearted support from major emerging nations led by China and India, leaving question marks over a pact they agreed with the United States, MiNDFOOD reports.

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Eco-chic fashion shows off stylish sustainability

Models wearing alpaca fiber, bamboo and organic silk and cotton strutted down an ‘Eco-chic’ catwalk to back a United Nations call for the sustainable use of natural resources.

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Forty-eight hours in Long Beach

Today celebrities and tourists still relax and enjoy the scenic and historic charm of the city, reports MiNDFOOD.

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