<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Benno Hansen's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>Image is a custom tailored straitjacket</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:16:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Global Warming: An Exclusive Look at James Hansen's Scary New Math</title>
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How can NASA physicist and climatologist James E. Hansen, writing in the New York Times today, &ldquo;say with high confidence&rdquo; that recent heat waves in Texas and  Russia &ldquo;were not natural events&rdquo; but actually &ldquo;caused by human-induced climate change&rdq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11702016-global-warming-an-exclusive-look-at-james-hansens-scary-new-math</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11702016-global-warming-an-exclusive-look-at-james-hansens-scary-new-math</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>climatology</category><category>james-hansen</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:16:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno24552C1F-BE2C-F3BF-7438-8CF5903DAAA2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno24552C1F-BE2C-F3BF-7438-8CF5903DAAA2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Saving the Lives of Moms</title>
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Mahabouba smelled foul, and villagers thought she had been cursed by God. They put her in a hut at the edge of the village and took off the door &mdash; so the hyenas would get her that night.
When the hyenas came, Mahabouba used a stick to fend them off. The next morning she &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11683679-saving-the-lives-of-moms</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11683679-saving-the-lives-of-moms</guid><category>health</category><category>injury</category><category>birth</category><category>mothers</category><category>vagina</category><category>anus</category><category>fistula</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:21:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Amsterdam Tries to Change Culture With 'Repair Cafes'</title>
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An unemployed man, a retired pharmacist and an upholsterer took their stations, behind tables covered in red gingham. Screwdrivers and sewing machines stood at the ready. Coffee, tea and cookies circulated. Hilij Held, a neighbor, wheeled in a zebra-striped suitcase and extract&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677600-amsterdam-tries-to-change-culture-with-repair-cafes</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677600-amsterdam-tries-to-change-culture-with-repair-cafes</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:37:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoCF809229-B26D-6D94-B165-F3E32BEDD320.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoCF809229-B26D-6D94-B165-F3E32BEDD320.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Game Over for the Climate</title>
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GLOBAL warming isn&rsquo;t a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves &ldquo;regardless of what we do.&rdquo;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677512-game-over-for-the-climate</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677512-game-over-for-the-climate</guid><category>environment</category><category>climate-change</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>james-hansen</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno3EFD8AC2-9E6A-8EF8-0B3D-D829473F4192.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno3EFD8AC2-9E6A-8EF8-0B3D-D829473F4192.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rio+20 : A mirage for Africa?</title>
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With a population of a little over one billion (according to the UNFPA report) Africa is certainly one of the continents that is faced with huge challenges of under-development, poverty, food insecurity, environmental degradation, water scarcity, pollution and land degradation.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11641180-rio20-a-mirage-for-africa</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11641180-rio20-a-mirage-for-africa</guid><category>africa</category><category>environment</category><category>climate-change</category><category>sustainability</category><category>rio-20</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Campaigner to survive on £1 per day to help global poverty</title>
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A campaigner from Hendon is preparing to survive on &pound;1 per day to help tackle global poverty.
Lara Smallman, 25, of Mayfield Gardens is being sponsored to cut her spending on food and drink from Monday, May 7 to Friday, May 11 as part of Global Poverty Project&rsquo;s Li&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11630349-campaigner-to-survive-on-1-per-day-to-help-global-poverty</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11630349-campaigner-to-survive-on-1-per-day-to-help-global-poverty</guid><category>food</category><category>politics</category><category>poverty</category><category>thinkbrigade</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 06:15:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno9B414E61-FE25-0794-FEC3-7B7E41D714B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="64" width="64" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno9B414E61-FE25-0794-FEC3-7B7E41D714B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="64" height="64" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Condemned to Live in a Camp, Victimized Woman Narrates Painful Experience</title>
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She was betrothed to a man she did not know. The man had allegedly performed all the customary marriage rites while she was still at a tender age. Madam Akurugo (not her real name) who is now confined in one of the witches camps in Ghana narrated a horrifying story living under&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567376-condemned-to-live-in-a-camp-victimized-woman-narrates-painful-experience</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567376-condemned-to-live-in-a-camp-victimized-woman-narrates-painful-experience</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>health</category><category>marriage</category><category>witchcraft</category><category>misogyny</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 21:24:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Governments that Dream</title>
<description><![CDATA[Late March 2012 the government of Denmark agreed with most opposition parties on a plan of public investments in renewable energy and goals for future levels of sustainability. While the agreement was received with enthusiasm and envy by the environmentally inclined segment of th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567308-governments-that-dream</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567308-governments-that-dream</guid><category>un</category><category>denmark</category><category>environment</category><category>government</category><category>dreams</category><category>sustainability</category><category>windmills</category><category>rio-20</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 21:19:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Algae-Powered Street Lamps Suck Up C02</title>
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Algae are a large, diverse group of simple microorganisms that have lived on Earth for billions of years. Although we typically associate the term algae with the slimy green stuff that accumulates on the surface of a stagnant pond,seaweed and kelp are also member of the algae f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522896-algae-powered-street-lamps-suck-up-c02</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522896-algae-powered-street-lamps-suck-up-c02</guid><category>technology</category><category>energy</category><category>light</category><category>algae</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 17:28:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Clouds' Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters</title>
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For decades, a small group of scientific dissenters has been trying to shoot holes in the prevailing science of climate change, offering one reason after another why the outlook simply must be wrong.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522784-clouds-effect-on-climate-change-is-last-bastion-for-dissenters</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522784-clouds-effect-on-climate-change-is-last-bastion-for-dissenters</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>environment</category><category>climate-change</category><category>clouds</category><category>denialism</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 17:19:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoC712CA19-E143-323A-28B3-0D2205CBC938.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoC712CA19-E143-323A-28B3-0D2205CBC938.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>You and me and everyone we know</title>
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Whoever still doubts that our planet is in crisis has their eyes wide shut. The avalanche that is approaching us at a seemingly unstoppable speed presents perhaps the most challenging confrontation of them all, the confrontation with oneself: how far am I ready to go to make fu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11377413-you-and-me-and-everyone-we-know</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11377413-you-and-me-and-everyone-we-know</guid><category>environment</category><category>climate-change</category><category>activism</category><category>rio-20</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:08:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Climate Pollution Killing Oysters</title>
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Simply put, this ocean acidification news coming out of Oregon State University is huge. Scientists have solved the mystery of what's been killing baby oysters at the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, proving that elevated carbon dioxide is the culprit.
It's the first conc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11306006-climate-pollution-killing-oysters</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11306006-climate-pollution-killing-oysters</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>environment</category><category>climate-change</category><category>oysters</category><category>not-news</category><category>co2</category><category>sea-food</category><category>ocean-acidification</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:06:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Power shuffle in Syria may result in drought in Israel</title>
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Ever since Israel occupied the Golan Heights over forty years ago, Damascus has been eager to get it back. In 1991 Syria&rsquo;s President Bashar al-Assad demanded that Israel withdraw to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. However, rounds of talks have led to nothing.
If power &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11231038-power-shuffle-in-syria-may-result-in-drought-in-israel</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11231038-power-shuffle-in-syria-may-result-in-drought-in-israel</guid><category>israel</category><category>syria</category><category>water</category><category>world-news</category><category>golan-heights</category><category>occupation</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:27:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno71193AB1-2364-E143-80A6-734AF9046E61.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno71193AB1-2364-E143-80A6-734AF9046E61.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Homelessness Becomes A Crime In Hungary</title>
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Hungary's new anti-vagrancy laws &mdash; the toughest in Europe &mdash; now mean that homeless people sleeping on the street can face police fines or even the possibility of jail time.
Advocacy and human-rights groups are alarmed by the new efforts to crack down on and effecti&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11074497-homelessness-becomes-a-crime-in-hungary</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11074497-homelessness-becomes-a-crime-in-hungary</guid><category>health</category><category>poverty</category><category>law</category><category>homelessness</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:47:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno4E3FD797-3FD8-C07A-E5A0-650035C62574.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno4E3FD797-3FD8-C07A-E5A0-650035C62574.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Afghanistan's 'dancing boys' are invisible victims</title>
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The 9-year-old boy with pale skin and big, piercing eyes captivated Mirzahan at first sight.
&ldquo;He is more handsome than anyone in the village,&rdquo; the 22-year-old farmer said, explaining why he is grooming the boy as a sexual partner and companion. There was another im&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11067857-afghanistans-dancing-boys-are-invisible-victims</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11067857-afghanistans-dancing-boys-are-invisible-victims</guid><category>health</category><category>abuse</category><category>sex</category><category>paedophilia</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 08:04:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno3E850265-A554-114C-66EE-E278A62F441E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno3E850265-A554-114C-66EE-E278A62F441E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Girl goalie makes a difference for Thailand at Challenge Cup of Asia</title>
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Angkulpattanasuk almost did not get to play in the Under 18 Challenge Cup of Asia ice hockey championship.
But she did and she was the best goalkeeper in the tournament.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11058430-girl-goalie-makes-a-difference-for-thailand-at-challenge-cup-of-asia</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11058430-girl-goalie-makes-a-difference-for-thailand-at-challenge-cup-of-asia</guid><category>sports</category><category>gender</category><category>ice-hockey</category><category>goalkeeping</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:13:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoC7FABE48-2B2C-6FCD-52A4-4D88F86953D2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="213" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoC7FABE48-2B2C-6FCD-52A4-4D88F86953D2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Five Charged After Chinese Teen Sells Kidney to Buy iPhone</title>
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The five included a surgeon who removed a kidney from a 17-year-old boy in April last year. The boy, identified only by his surname Wang, now suffers from renal deficiency, Xinhua quoted prosecutors in Chenzhou city, Hunan province as saying.
According to the Xinhua account, o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11055725-five-charged-after-chinese-teen-sells-kidney-to-buy-iphone</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11055725-five-charged-after-chinese-teen-sells-kidney-to-buy-iphone</guid><category>china</category><category>health</category><category>apple</category><category>iphone</category><category>organ-transplants</category><category>kidneys</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:53:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno0E76F44B-829C-0DC8-B0A5-8714D4D5DD01.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno0E76F44B-829C-0DC8-B0A5-8714D4D5DD01.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gulf's dolphins pay heavy price for Deepwater Horizon oil spill</title>
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A new study of dolphins living close to the site of North America&rsquo;s worst ever oil spill &ndash; the BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe two years ago &ndash; has established serious health problems afflicting the marine mammals.
The report, commissioned by the National Oce&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10978509-gulfs-dolphins-pay-heavy-price-for-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10978509-gulfs-dolphins-pay-heavy-price-for-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill</guid><category>oil</category><category>dolphins</category><category>pollution</category><category>environment</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:59:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Woman finds 476 diamonds in elevator</title>
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Police in Russia said they are trying to find the rightful owner of a package containing nearly 500 diamonds discovered in an elevator.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/31/10951049-woman-finds-476-diamonds-in-elevator</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/31/10951049-woman-finds-476-diamonds-in-elevator</guid><category>elevator</category><category>odd-news</category><category>diamonds</category><category>lost-and-found</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:50:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ukraine rape scandal victim Oksana Makar dies</title>
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Oksana Makar was attacked in the southern city of Mykolayiv on 8 March by three men who raped her and tried to strangle her before setting her alight.
Three men were arrested, but two - whose parents had political connections - were released without charge.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10941473-ukraine-rape-scandal-victim-oksana-makar-dies</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10941473-ukraine-rape-scandal-victim-oksana-makar-dies</guid><category>violence</category><category>abuse</category><category>corruption</category><category>murder</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:59:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno18E14E4B-5A01-E253-B673-5EE68AB89376.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno18E14E4B-5A01-E253-B673-5EE68AB89376.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Occupy S.F. protester stabbed outside Fed</title>
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An Occupy protester was hospitalized after he was stabbed in a fight in downtown San Francisco near the Federal Reserve Bank, police and activists with the group said today.
The protester was stabbed in the chest about 10:40 p.m. Sunday on the 100 block of Market Street while &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10886456-occupy-sf-protester-stabbed-outside-fed</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10886456-occupy-sf-protester-stabbed-outside-fed</guid><category>violence</category><category>stabbing</category><category>crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>ows</category><category>occupy-san-francisco</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:56:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno4712D5F0-E737-90F1-17D6-7FDDDDCDADE3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="128" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno4712D5F0-E737-90F1-17D6-7FDDDDCDADE3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oil exploration approved in Africa's oldest park, Virunga National Park</title>
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Permits for controversial oil exploration in Virunga National Park have been released after request by NGO Global Witness. Oil company, SOCO International, has confirmed it has received two permits to undertake preliminary exploration, including seismic tests, in the UNESCO Wor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10871938-oil-exploration-approved-in-africas-oldest-park-virunga-national-park</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10871938-oil-exploration-approved-in-africas-oldest-park-virunga-national-park</guid><category>oil</category><category>congo</category><category>environment</category><category>conservation</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:48:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Legacy of the CIA's Secret LSD Experiments on America | Healthland | TIME.com</title>
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Newly unclassified information blows wide the U.S. government's covert operation to dose hundreds of unwitting Americans with LSD in the 1950s and '60s.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10871063-the-legacy-of-the-cias-secret-lsd-experiments-on-america-healthland-timecom</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10871063-the-legacy-of-the-cias-secret-lsd-experiments-on-america-healthland-timecom</guid><category>cia</category><category>health</category><category>lsd</category><category>psychedelics</category><category>hallucinogenics</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:41:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoF9F4C72F-3AD8-E127-AFD9-A39CC7021D88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="134" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoF9F4C72F-3AD8-E127-AFD9-A39CC7021D88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="40" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger</title>
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The Pirate Bay is not only the most visited BitTorrent site on the Internet, but arguably the most censored too. Many ISPs have been ordered to block their customers&rsquo; access to the website, and recently Microsoft joined in on the action by stopping people sharing its loca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/25/10851832-microsoft-censors-pirate-bay-links-in-windows-live-messenger</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/25/10851832-microsoft-censors-pirate-bay-links-in-windows-live-messenger</guid><category>technology</category><category>file-sharing</category><category>msn</category><category>torrents</category><category>censorship</category><category>chatting</category><category>piratebay</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:51:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Guatemala's president urges debate on drug legalisation</title>
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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has said the war on drugs has failed, and it is time to end the "taboo" on discussing decriminalisation.
He was addressing a Central American summit in the Guatemalan city of Antigua.
Mr Perez Molina convoked the meeting to consider decr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/25/10851680-guatemalas-president-urges-debate-on-drug-legalisation</link><guid>http://benno.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/25/10851680-guatemalas-president-urges-debate-on-drug-legalisation</guid><category>drugs</category><category>health</category><category>crime</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>otto-perez-molina</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:25:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoEAA66F7F-CAA9-B5E0-821A-9CA02A2E04F5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoEAA66F7F-CAA9-B5E0-821A-9CA02A2E04F5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
