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6th September

Cowboys And Indians - India Floods Appeal

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In a year when devastating floods have shaken up countless numbers of lives from Pakistan to Nepal, now millions more of India’s poorest people are facing the future in the knowledge that their crops, homes and livelihoods have been washed away. Kevin E.G. Perry reports direct from India…

Submitted by: Kevin E.G. Perry

5th September

Stray Bullets - Beatings At M&S-Linked Factory And Times Photo Sparks Lashings In Iran

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Richard Lemmer scopes across this week’s top headlines from around the world: workers in Indian factory linked to M&S ‘beaten’ with hockey sticks, Times photo sparks lashings for Iranian women, food riots in Mozambique and Tony Blair book signing greeted by a protest…

Submitted by: Richard.Lemmer

5th September

Vickie Wilson Battlefront Blog: Give It Up For Ghana

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Vickie Wilson, a campaigner for Channel 4 project, Battlefront, tells Ctrl.Alt.Shift all about her mission to give the children of Ghana a better chance with their education…

Submitted by: vickie.wilson

2nd September

Feature: Young People And Sexual Health In The UK

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Platform2 returnee Elaine Wong takes a closer look at the shocking rise of STIs among under 25s in the UK and the people behind the stats...

Submitted by: laina.wong

Condoms at the International AIDS Conference

2nd September

Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Oxford o2 Academy In October

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Dub Politics and Wordplay in association with Ctrl.Alt.Shift are taking over the o2 Academy in Oxford on October 1, 2010 for a night of Dubstep and Hip Hop...

Submitted by: Olivia.Flint

2nd September

Feature: The Grow Heathrow! Campaign - Winning The First Step

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The Grow Heathrow! campaigners report on their gradual steps in their fight to rejuvenate the airport's third runway site...

Submitted by: growheathrow

1st September

Cowboys And Indians - The 16km Scholar

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From being a wannabe student (walking 16km to gain an education), to now mentoring India's next generation, Raju Chinthakayala has had quite a journey. Kevin E.G. Perry finds out more about this inspirational character...

Submitted by: Kevin E.G. Perry

31st August

Feature: Vedanta’s Reproach - Human Lives Over Corporate Interest

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Vedanta Resources UK's proposal to expand its mining facility in Orissa, India – which threatens to encroach the lives of 8,000 indigenous Dongria Kondh people who inhabit the state’s Niyamgiri Hills – has been rejected by the government. Josh Strauss reports…

Submitted by: Tou