Brazil leads the way in biofuels exports.
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- Foreign talent filling football youth schemes
- The ‘slaves’ on cannabis farms
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- Preach in English, Muslim peer tells imams
Brazil leads the way in biofuels exports.
Free with registration – Miami Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 23, 2007
Kitts and Nevis, to Peru _ are trying to catch the biofuels wave. Government officials throughout the region say they want to help reduce global warming and improve public health by producing a less-polluting fuel, but the main driver is the desire to create jobs, attract new investment and increase exports to the United States and Europe. “It’s a cleaner, cheaper and home-grown source of energy,” said David E. Lewis, who tracks biofuel developments in Latin America and the Caribbean for Manchester Trade, a Washington, D. -based consulting firm. Brazil has jumped far ahead of everyone in the region.
SABC starts Africa channel amid furore
Namibian – Jul 23, 2007
But the launch comes as SABC, once the mouthpiece of the apartheid government, faces criticism about its editorial independence after it allegedly banned programmes and commentators critical of the ANC government. Some media commentators say SABC International risks promoting pro-government bias on a continent already struggling with limited media freedom. "In principle it’s important to have home-grown news organisations telling the African story. but Rome is burning at the SABC and they are expanding their empire at a time when they have serious editorial problems," Jane Duncan, head of South Africa’s Freedom of Expression Institute, told Reuters. The SABC has ignited controversy by dropping documentaries about Mbeki, and several high-profile journalists quit after the broadcaster allegedly blacklisted political commentators critical of the president… but Rome is burning at the SABC and they are expanding their empire at a time when they have serious editorial problems," Jane Duncan, head of South Africa’s Freedom of Expression Institute, told Reuters. The SABC has ignited controversy by dropping documentaries about Mbeki, and several high-profile journalists quit after the broadcaster allegedly blacklisted political commentators critical of the president. The SABC has denied such a blacklist exists and took out a full-page advertisements in Sunday newspapers last year to counter charges of government interference in editorial operations. The broadcaster says it wants to highlight stories of growth and progress in Africa and to promote the continent’s home-grown economic recovery programme, Nepad. But many commentators say the SABC is too soft on African leaders, particularly South Africa’s own, and say it lacks the critical edge of independent competitor eTV.
Foreign talent filling football youth schemes
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 23, 2007
“A lot of good players will be disheartened and think it’s not worth even trying. And in the long run that will be bad news for the England team. The number of home-grown players coming through the ranks at England’s top clubs is diminishing rapidly. Chelsea have only John Terry and Liverpool have Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. Manchester United are unlikely to enjoy a repeat of the generation of English players, including Beckham, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville and his brother Phil, who came through the youth side and helped their team to win the Champions League in 1999.
The ‘slaves’ on cannabis farms
The Herald – Jul 23, 2007
In only 12 months, police have closed 66 of the industrial-scale drugs centres, which are often run by organised crime, according to Graeme Pearson, head of the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency (SCDEA). The cannabis plants are being grown in homes or business properties using equipment such as lamps and fans, with each farm housing up to 1000 plants, capable of a £100,000 harvest. Recent estimates suggest most cannabis smoked in Britain is now home-grown, compared with 11% a decade ago, partly because the home-grown product is much stronger than smuggled cannabis. advertisement
Mr Pearson told Radio Scotland’s Sunday Live programme yesterday: “What we have got is these types of developments within houses, factories, garages and so forth. “In a very high number of them we have got Chinese or Vietnamese people who are locked in the premises, kept sleeping on the floor among mattresses with no visible means of support. They are virtually slaves. ”
The deputy chief constable said the indoor cultivation is a trend that has been seen in other countries, including Australia and Canada.
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About…
Chosun Ilbo – Jul 23, 2007
Korean online bookstores Yes24 and Interpark started sending out English versions when the global release was reached, and Kyobo Book Centre and other offline shops in the country began selling copies as soon as their doors opened Saturday. The seventh and last Harry Potter book is setting new sales records all over the world. Britain’s largest book seller W. Smith reported that it was selling 15 books per second, beating the record of 13 per second held by the sixth title in the series, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Korean fans were eager to snap up the book… Harry’s popularity could be a reaction to the competition and stress of school life, she added. Professor Sung said it would be difficult to expect children and teenagers weaned on Harry Potter to grow into readers of Korean literature which does not follow the conventions of popular English novels. She stressed that it is urgent that Korea develop its own independent, home-grown cultural content. com>englishnews@chosun.
My media Trisha Goddard
Guardian Unlimited – Jul 23, 2007
I love Curb Your Enthusiasm, too. In fact, most of the programmes I’m into are American. As a producer I find it very difficult to watch home-grown stuff because I am hyper-critical – I find myself analysing shots and things like that. RadioI listen to Chris Moyles when I’m on the school run. But I can only do him before 9am; after that I find him a bit too much, for some reason. On the way back home from the studio, when I am absolutely cream crackered, I have to have Classic FM on. Occasionally I will tune into Radio 1’s Trevor Nelson, too… New mediaI read Australian newspapers, the Australian and the Daily Telegraph online at night because I’m a sad cow. I was heavily involved in mental health issues when I was living in Australia, and a lot of the work we did forms the groundwork for today’s government policies so I like to keep up. Plus, I download a lot of music from iTunes, which is getting better at offering material by unsigned artists. · Trisha is on weekdays on Five at 10. 30am
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Preach in English, Muslim peer tells imams
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 23, 2007
Mr Bari gave evidence this month to Lord Ahmed and other Muslim politicians as part of the All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Tackling Extremism. Mr Bari said he did not recognise the problem of non-English speaking imams. He defended all-male mosques, and said the Government “could not ignore” the impact that its foreign policy had on creating home-grown terrorists. Khalid Mahmood, the Muslim Labour MP who is the chairman of the inquiry, said that he was “deeply disappointed” with Mr Bari’s comments and claimed the MCB was “hindering the fight against terrorism. “Mr Bari’s stance in blaming -foreign policy and domestic -conditions simply antagonises the situation. We are trying to move -forward and get a solution to this issue, while he is reverting to the same tired, old arguments,” he said. Publishers wishing to reproduce photographs on this page should phone 44 (0) 207 931 2921 or email.