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Bloggers Worldwide to Address Poverty on 2nd Annual Blog Action Day October 15

On October 15, 2008, bloggers everywhere will participate in the second annual Blog Action Day by blogging about poverty and by aiding poverty relief efforts. Several of the world's most popular blogs have agreed to participate. In 2007, more than 20,000 blogs participated, along with many major corporations and international organizations. Anyone may register for free at http://blogactionday.org.

VP advocates arts promotion in fight against poverty

Vice President Goodluck Jonathan says arts and crafts properly developed will be the catalyst for empowering Nigerians and eradicating poverty.

RIAA uses poverty as lobbying tool

Broadband Service Provider Trident SR Sdn. Bhd.

African artists glorify poverty for white tourist appeal

If you arrived at the Johannesburg Art Gallery today hoping to see the celebration of national progress and African achievement, you would truly be very disappointed.

Biological sand filters, a practical approach to combat poverty and inequality

Ottawa, Canada - September 24, 2008 -Microbiologically contaminated water plagues approximately 1.1 billion people in rural and peri-urban populations in developing countries. Roughly 2.2 million people without safe access to drinking water die each year from the consumption of unsafe water, and most of them are children under 5 years of age.

Justice eludes slayings from civil-rights era

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations.

Plano, Texas, is most affluent U.S. city

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau's report on income and poverty found Plano, Texas, to be the nation's most affluent city -- a result that surprised even the mayor.

India?s dirty laundry becomes art in China

It used to be the London and New York set who would find India’s ‘chaos’ (read: poverty) so thrilling. Now, it’s Beijing that’s discovering high art in India’s low living. Mumbai’s washermen, slum-dwellers and the crowds on the Andheri local train — they’re all starring in a video installation show in Beijing and are under the scrutiny of Chinese collectors who are willing to pay a steep price for this slice of India.

South Africa: Art Creating Hope in the Midst of Death And Disease

Zulu artists working at the Ardmore Ceramic Studio in South Africa's coastal province of KwaZulu Natal have gone from poverty to international acclaim.

In pursuit of Unjust Rewards

Polly Toynbee is the queen bee of the centre-Left intellectual hive. When the Conservatives wanted to triangulate their position on poverty, they used her name, claiming that they were now "less Churchill, more Toynbee".

As Auto Jobs Vanish, Rust Spreads in Mich.

In Rochester Hills, Mich., yet another home up for auction. Last year, the state was alone in having a higher rate of poverty than in 2006.

Calling All Bloggers: Blog Action Day 08

Blaise Zerega is cheering for this. The second annual Blog Action Day 08 will occur on October 15 it was announced today. Bloggers around the world are being asked to publish a post, podcast, or video about poverty in the hopes of increasing public awareness and perhaps triggering a global conversation about solutions to the pervasive problem. Bloggers can also participate by running promotional ads or donating that day's proceeds to microfinance organization, Kiva, or to charity via The Global Fund.

Saving the world, one blog at a time

The US cable science fiction player, SCI-FI Channel, has just opened the doors to its new blog, howyoucansavetheworld.com. Their blog features ideas from top visionaries, innovators, and scientists providing new viewpoints to help overcome society's challenges... famine, global warming, energy poverty, war etc. No biggie then, sorted by tomorrow.

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