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M-PESA is a new Safaricom service enabling money transfer using a mobile phone. Kenya is the first country in the world to use this service, which is offered in partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">M-PESA is a new Safaricom service enabling money transfer using a mobile phone. Kenya is the first country in the world to use this service, which is offered in partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone. </div>

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YouTube - The Evolution of Mobile Phones 1985 - Today - 3 views

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WTO | 10 misunderstandings - menu - 0 views

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Is it a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful? Does it destroy jobs? Does it ignore the concerns of health, the environment and development? Emphatically no . Criticisms of the WTO are often based on fundamental misunderstandings of the way the WTO works.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is it a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful? Does it destroy jobs? Does it ignore the concerns of health, the environment and development? Emphatically no . Criticisms of the WTO are often based on fundamental misunderstandings of the way the WTO works.</div>

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Words of warning: 2,500 languages under threat worldwide | World news | The Guardian - 2 views

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Yesterday, at its headquarters in Paris, Unesco unveiled its first comprehensive and online database of the world's endangered tongues. According to its team of specialists, there are around 2,500 languages at risk, including more than 500 considered "critically endangered" and 199 which have fewer than 10 native speakers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yesterday, at its headquarters in Paris, Unesco unveiled its first comprehensive and online database of the world's endangered tongues. According to its team of specialists, there are around 2,500 languages at risk, including more than 500 considered "critically endangered" and 199 which have fewer than 10 native speakers.</div>

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India is the fastest-growing mobile communications market in the world. The rural poor are rapidly adopting phones, so the technology could become a platform for providing banking services. Sanjay Swamy, CEO of the mobile-payment platform mChek, talks about the potential.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">India is the fastest-growing mobile communications market in the world. The rural poor are rapidly adopting phones, so the technology could become a platform for providing banking services. Sanjay Swamy, CEO of the mobile-payment platform mChek, talks about the potential.</div>

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Brazilians in China | Footloose capitalism | The Economist - 0 views

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Online Interactive ELearning Teaching Resource Library. Teaching Resource Details. - 1 views

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Five billion aluminium drink cans are sold in the UK every year and each one could be recycled over and over again, saving energy, raw materials and waste.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Five billion aluminium drink cans are sold in the UK every year and each one could be recycled over and over again, saving energy, raw materials and waste. </div>

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| March 2004 - Issue 365 | New Internationalist - 0 views

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Tonnes of artilces in this edition about the power and folly of the WB & IMF

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Trading thoughts on the WTO - Developments Magazine - 1 views

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The WTO has been the focus of much of the campaigning against globalisation. Mike Moore and John Madelely put forward their contrasting views on the organisation's role in advancing development and the possibility of a new trade round, while Adrian Wood argues the case for a development round.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The WTO has been the focus of much of the campaigning against globalisation. Mike Moore and John Madelely put forward their contrasting views on the organisation's role in advancing development and the possibility of a new trade round, while Adrian Wood argues the case for a development round.</div>

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Fantastic guide covering various globalisation issues

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Cultural homicide, ayoh! Ziauddin Sardar arrives in Singapore to find it's been occupie... - 1 views

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Cultural homicide, ayoh! Ziauddin Sardar arrives in Singapore to find it's been occupied

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BBC NEWS | Programmes | Documentary Archive | The New Rules of the Game - 0 views

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In this three-part series, the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus explores the fundamental shifts in the global system since the end of the Cold War. PODCASTS

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this three-part series, the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus explores the fundamental shifts in the global system since the end of the Cold War. PODCASTS</div>

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Global Citizenship - 0 views

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different resources and activities on poverty and citizenship

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Third of China 'hit by acid rain' - 1 views

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