[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban calls Syria violence "totally unacceptable before humanity"

 

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	February 7, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Ban calls Syria violence "totally unacceptable before humanity" The ratcheting up of violence by the Syrian regime in light of a lack of agreement at the UN Security Council -- particularly in the city of Homs, where hundreds reportedly have been killed since shelling began Friday -- is "totally unacceptable before humanity," a spokesman quoted Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as saying Monday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, where the U.S. closed its embassy. 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The Guardian (London) (2/6)      Other News Quake recovery through lens of a Haitian-born photographer The Miami Herald (free registration) (2/4)      Malaria death toll study prompts debate The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/6)      Toxic cookstove smoke threatens billions An estimated 3 billion of the world's population cook over potentially toxic open fires, and the World Health Organization estimates that 2 million deaths annually can be linked to cookfire pollution. Radha Muthiah, executive director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, said that the use of clean cookstoves is "one relatively simple intervention that has a multitude of impacts." This CNN video report looks at one effort to bring clean cookstoves to Tanzania. CNN (2/7)        Sister Fa raps against female circumcision Sister Fa, a Senegalese hip-hop artist, spoke out Monday against female circumcision to mark the UN International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation. "I am just trying to speak for the many women who don't have an opportunity to raise their own voices. I am giving them a voice through my music," said the rapper, who was subjected to the widespread practice as a girl. The Guardian (London)/Sarah Boseley's Global Health blog (2/5)        Other News Saudi women launch legal challenge to driving ban The Wall Street Journal (2/7)      Crop breeding technique helps combat warming A fast-track technology called marker-assisted selection, or molecular breeding, is helping agronomists more quickly adapt crops to global warming and the accompanying challenges, such as drought, floods, disease and shifts in climate. The technology could usher in a green revolution for the 21st century. 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