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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Steven Elliott-Gower

Steven Elliott-Gower

24: Live Another Day [Fiction] - 0 views

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    Bad things happen when terrorists take control of your drones and then your nuclear subs!
Steven Elliott-Gower

Sexual Violence in Conflict | The Economist - 0 views

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    GOVERNMENT officials, aid workers and activists from dozens of countries converged on London this week to discuss ways to solve a horrible problem: the tendency of combatants in war and civil strife to commit sexual atrocities.
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South Africa: Much too fat | The Economist - 0 views

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    SOUTH AFRICA may no longer have the chunkiest economy in Africa, now that Nigeria's has been revalued upwards, but it still has the fattest people. This is evidence, to many South Africans, of the good life: fast food, a fast car, an urban lifestyle.
Steven Elliott-Gower

Obesity [in China]: Chubby Little Emperors | The Economist - 0 views

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    MORE than 2,000 years ago "Huangdi Neijing", a classic Chinese medical text, identified obesity as a disease caused by eating too much "fatty meats and polished grains". Until a generation ago such a diet was an extravagance beyond imagination for all but the elite. But the Chinese waistline has since expanded, and at an alarming rate.
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Malnutrition [in China]: The Hungry and Forgotten | The Economist - 0 views

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    THE propaganda message, scrawled in white paint on the side of a wood-frame house, could hardly be more blunt: "Cure stupidity, cure poverty". The cure for both, in one of China's poorest counties, seems to be a daily nutritional supplement for children.
Steven Elliott-Gower

Vietnam and the South China Sea: Rigged | The Economist - 0 views

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    VIETNAM and China share a long history of enmity-and of managing to patch things up when they go wrong. But their latest dispute is not running true to form. Vietnam was taken aback in early May when China parked an oil rig on its doorstep.
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