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Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 10 Comments: 0 Real News: Stephen Hawking Confirms Support of Israel Boycott Real News: Stephen Hawking Confirms Support of Israel Boycott Phyllis Bennis: Hawking's boycott of Israel will shake Israeli public the way sports boycott affected South Africa. From The Real News. May 9, 2013 12:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 9 Comments: 0 Today in History, May 2ND Today in History, May 2ND Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany's capital Berlin falls in World War II; Artist Leonardo da Vinci dies; Civil War Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson killed; Nelson Mandela claims victory in South Africa vote; Singer Bing Crosby born. (May 2) May 1, 2013 11:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 5 Comments: 0 Restoring the Earth: Drylands Restoring the Earth: Drylands Bringing degraded land to life. John D. Liu looks examples from China and South Africa. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Apr 30, 2013 11:02 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 12 Comments: 0 A Big Pill to Swallow: Elephant Contraception Catching on A Big Pill to Swallow: Elephant Contraception Catching on Contraception may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of elephants. But a new contraceptive vaccine is saving elephants in South Africa's reserves and parks. Elephants are widely threatened by poachers and ivory traders, but in protected areas they multiply quickly, outgrowing park limits. To control their numbers, many countries have been culling herds. Now contraception is catching on as a way to manage elephant numbers without outright killing or relocation. Jeff Barbee reports from South Africa. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Apr 16, 2013 9:02 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 17 Comments: 0 Earth Focus Episode 52: Fracking Goes Global Earth Focus Episode 52: Fracking Goes Global US domestic gas production is on the rise because of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock by pumping millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals underground at high pressure. Environmentalists say this gas boon threatens water supplies and pollutes air. Now, as fracking expands around the world, so does growing resistance. Earth Focus looks at three countries on the new fracking frontline: South Africa, Poland, and the UK. Reported from South Africa by Jeff Barbee and Andrew Wasley (The Ecologist) from Poland and the UK. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Apr 16, 2013 3:03 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 25 Comments: 0 NAACP President Ben Jealous: Putting People in Jail 'is How We Solve Almost Every problem' NAACP President Ben Jealous: Putting People in Jail 'is How We Solve Almost Every problem' Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, joins Current TV's John Fugelsang to discuss a letter he and 174 others wrote to President Obama, calling on him to reform the criminal justice system. Jealous says America has a prison problem: "Black men in this country are three times more likely to be incarcerated than black men were in South Africa during apartheid, when they were the world's leading incarcerator." Apr 9, 2013 10:04 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 18 Comments: 0 South Africa: Mandela in Hospital on Easter South Africa: Mandela in Hospital on Easter Former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in a hospital on Easter Sunday while receiving treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said. (March 31) Mar 31, 2013 11:40 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 30 Comments: 0 'China's Michelle Obama' Steals Spotlight from President (LinkAsia: 3/29/13) 'China's Michelle Obama' Steals Spotlight from President (LinkAsia: 3/29/13) China's new president Xi Jinping is on his first overseas trip, stopping in Africa this week for an economic summit. But all eyes are on his fashionista wife, the popular singer Peng Liyuan. LinkAsia's Mark Dreyer reports on the buzz that her entrance onto the political stage has generated online. Watch more at http://linkasia.org. IMAGE: China's first lady Peng Liyuan shares a toast with South Africa's first lady Bongi Ngema as China's President Xi Jinping and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma look on: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Mar 29, 2013 10:02 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 16 Comments: 0 Mandela Back in Hospital with Lung Infection Mandela Back in Hospital with Lung Infection Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been hit by a lung infection again and is in a hospital, the presidency said Thursday. (March 28) Mar 28, 2013 11:00 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 30 Comments: 0 Today in History for March 21St Today in History for March 21St Highlights of this day in history: Civil rights marchers head from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; The Sharpeville massacre takes place in South Africa; Randall Dale Adams released from a Texas prison; Composer Johann Sebastian Bach born. (March 21) Mar 23, 2013 1:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 33 Comments: 0 Raw: Mandela Discharged from Hospital Raw: Mandela Discharged from Hospital The spokesman for South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital and has returned to his home in Johannesburg. (March 10) Mar 10, 2013 2:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 37 Comments: 0 Fracking Hell? South Africa's Gas Dilemma Fracking Hell? South Africa's Gas Dilemma Caught between the promise of prosperity that natural gas extraction in the Karoo Basin might bring and concerns about environmental and health impacts, citizen resistance to fracking is growing in the Republic of South Africa. Earth Focus correspondent Jeff Barbee reports. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Feb 22, 2013 7:03 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 30 Comments: 0 Landfill Power: Lighting Up Durban on Garbage Landfill Power: Lighting Up Durban on Garbage Mark Wright found a way to generate electricity from the Bisasar Road Landfill, one of the largest dumps in southern Africa, to provide electricity for the city of Durban. Correspondent Jeff Barbee reports from South Africa. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Feb 20, 2013 5:02 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 46 Comments: 0 Earth Focus: Episode 49: Meeting Renewable Energy Needs in Southern Africa Earth Focus: Episode 49: Meeting Renewable Energy Needs in Southern Africa The people and technologies shaping Africa's energy future. Correspondent Jeff Barbee reports from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Malawi on how energy from the sun, wind, water, and even garbage not only helps the environment but is just good business. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Feb 20, 2013 3:03 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 50 Comments: 0 Pistorius' Family Strongly Refutes Murder Charge Pistorius' Family Strongly Refutes Murder Charge Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is "numb with shock, as well as grief" after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa. (Feb. 16) Feb 18, 2013 12:00 AM
 
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