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	February 16, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate World Bank reports "dangerous" rises in prices of food Some 44 million people worldwide have become impoverished since June as a result of rising prices for basic foods, according to the World Bank. Robert Zoellick, the bank's president, said the "dangerous levels" of food costs have been aggravating factors in the unrest throughout the Middle East, while some observers believe revolts could spread to Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. BBC (2/15), AlertNet/Reuters (2/15), The Christian Science Monitor (2/15) UN official traces growing civil unrest to climate  Cholera fears hit Haiti's agriculture  China needs major push on water pollution  Egypt's Internet blockage raises concerns  Iraqi prewar intelligence provider admits lies  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Development Health and Poverty | Development Energy and Environment | Human Rights | Peace and Security I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the [Iraqi] regime." Iraqi defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi. Click here for the full story. "There are anti-UN budget amendments that are on the table this week. Unless there are defections from several Republicans on these various amendments, chances are that they will pass. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that these amendments are shortsighted and inimical to American security interests." UN Dispatch UN official traces growing civil unrest to climate Climate change is behind the shortages of food, and the sharp rises in food prices, that have contributed to the civil unrest throughout the Middle East, and elsewhere, Christiana Figueres, the UN's top climate change official, said Tuesday. She added that a failure by countries to cut carbon emissions would eventually lead to unrest that would not only spur military spending, but overturn governments. NYTimes.com/Green blog (2/15)   Other News UN report highlights abuses against children in Chad Google/The Canadian Press (2/15) Security Council could vote this week on Israeli settlements Google/Agence France-Presse (2/15) UN blasts Afghan raid of electoral offices Google/Agence France-Presse (2/15) Cholera fears hit Haiti's agriculture Farmers and laborers across Haiti's agricultural region L'Artibonite are refusing to go into the paddies to harvest rice over fears of contracting cholera. The country's ongoing cholera epidemic has sickened more than 150,000 people and killed thousands. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (2/16) Can a mosquito-eating spider fight malaria? The jumping spider's affinity for smelly socks may help in the battle against malaria, researchers report in the journal Biology Letters. Jumping spiders prey on Anopheles gambiae -- the mosquito that spread malaria -- and could be lured with human odor and kept in people's homes as a deterrent. BBC (2/16) China needs major push on water pollution It will require billions of dollars and a concentrated policy to address China's massive water problems, according to water activists. Updating the country's urban water supplies alone would cost $20 billion a year. Rapid urban growth, fertilizers use, factory pollution and lax environmental protection enforcement, says environmentalists, are the main driving factors behind water pollution. Reuters (2/15)   Other News Protesters break up Japan's annual whale hunt Bloomberg/The Associated Press (2/16) India, Japan explore rare-earth resources cooperation The Wall Street Journal (2/16) Germany, Norway fund FAO emissions data effort Bloomberg (2/15) Russia is wooing Western oil giants over Arctic drilling The New York Times (free registration) (2/15) Egypt's Internet blockage raises concerns While the Internet -- in particular social media -- played a prominent role in the recent Egyptian protest movement, the government's ability to almost completely disrupt communications early on has caused concern among rights advocates. Egyptian authorities were able to shut down access to the Internet for five days using their control over the country's technology infrastructure. Advocates worry other authoritarian regimes in the region and elsewhere may take similar steps. The New York Times (free registration) (2/15) Other News Tunisia accepts Italian help to stop illegal immigration Al-Jazeera (2/15) Iraqi prewar intelligence provider admits lies The Iraqi defector who provided intelligence on Iraqi weapons sites that the U.S. used as part of its justification for invading Iraq says he provided false information. Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, code-named in intelligence circles as "Curveball," says lying about Iraq's weapons programs was the only way he saw to bring about the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. The New York Times (free registration) (2/15) Uganda's Museveni predicts no postelection unrest Uganda's president dismissed the possibility of an uprising styled after Egypt's following elections Friday. Yoweri Museveni is favored in the poll, although the opposition has alleged vote-rigging in the past three elections. Museveni faces a strong challenge from leading opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who says he will release his own vote count. Reuters (2/16) Afghan violence causes more children's deaths More and more Afghan children are dying and being injured by suicide, rocket and bomb attacks at the hands of armed militants, according to a two-year study detailed in a UN report. While a portion of the fatalities and injuries continue to be linked to ongoing military operations, the first part of 2010 saw a 155% increase in deaths attributable to insurgents. Telegraph (London) (2/15), BBC (2/14)   Cambodian leader reaches out to Thailand Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen made conciliatory overtures to Thailand on Tuesday after the United Nations Security Council expressed concern over clashes between the two but rebuffed a Cambodian call for the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops. The neighbors have clashed repeatedly since 2008 over border issues, with eight people losing their lives in the most recent outbreak of fighting that started Feb. 4. 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