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World Bank chief says global warming threatens the planet and the poorest
2013-04-02 10:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday said climate change was a "fundamental threat' to global economic development as he called for a major new push to reduce extreme poverty over the next 17 years. The bank is in the middle of an internal debate over how to reshape its role in a world where the major developing nations -- the core "customers' for its loans and programs -- have become increasingly middle class and where states caught in civil war pose an intractable development problem....
Saudi Arabia threatens to ban Skype, WhatsApp, and Viber
2013-04-01 05:19:02| CNET News.com
Reminiscent of the 2010 BlackBerry ban, the Saudi government says that these messaging apps are not in accordance with the country's rules, which allow for monitoring. [Read more]
Climate change threatens food security of urban poor Report
2013-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GNA: Policies to increase food security in developing countries focus too much on rural food production and not enough on ensuring poor people could access and afford food, especially in urban areas. This is contained in a report published on Thursday by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and made available to the GNA. . It warns that climate change would only make this policy gap worse because climate change impacts would affect not only harvests but also the systems...
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Saudi Arabia Threatens to Ban Skype, Other VoIP Services
2013-03-27 01:36:32| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Applications like Skype, WhatsApp, and Viber may be banned from Saudi Arabia if authorities can't censor them.
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Ad industry threatens Firefox users with more ads if Mozilla moves on tracking plans
2013-03-25 15:05:09| InfoWorld: Top News
The online ad industry has attacked Mozilla over its decision to block third-party cookies in a future release of Firefox, calling the move "dangerous and highly disturbing," and claiming that it will result in more ads shown to users. The fierce reaction came from the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and ANA (Association of National Advertisers), both of which laid out positions in blog posts on March 14.
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