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[View the story "The World on Twitter, Friday morning: Aug. 24" on Storify] The World on Twitter, Friday morning: Aug. 24 Happy Friday everyone! Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reporting on Syria, a cycling boom in Rwanda, the history of English spelling, and more. Storified by PRI’s The World · Fri, Aug 24 2012 07:10:54 It’s Friday so shaking up the show @PRITHEWORLD & leading with Lance. "Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges" http://nyti.ms/PKDGWoChris Woolf The numbers of Afghan policy & military killing each other is growing, reports @nytimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/asia/afghan-troops-killing-colleagues-in-greater-numbers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss #worldnewsroomTory Starr India’s power woes prove big opportunity for US solar firm http://e360.yale.edu/digest/us_solar_panel_maker_to_build_solar_farms_in_energy-hungry_india/3602/Peter Thomson RT @ArunRath: @Frontlinepbs Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, fresh from Syria: http://video.pbs.org/video/2271968943Steven Davy BBC News – Rwanda cycling: The unlikely bike boom http://bbc.in/NnPvxEClark Boyd Wow. "Heartbreaking example of how win-at-all-costs culture of sport…will overtake fair, safe and honest competition" http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-lance-armstrong-usada-doping-case-20120823,0,1326584.storyMarco Werman Hippo gets stuck in South African swimming pool http://huff.to/PLNhfx @HuffingtonPostApril Peavey The Gu Kailai body double debate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19357107Jeb Sharp When queen was Cwen: a history of English spelling. It may not ever revert (a bit) to kween. But rhubarb –> rubarb? http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/23/david-crystal-story-english-spelling?newsfeed=truePatrick Cox
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