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[View the story "The World on Twitter, Tuesday Morning: Aug. 21" on Storify] The World on Twitter, Tuesday Morning: Aug. 21 Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning via Twitter. Storified by PRI’s The World · Tue, Aug 21 2012 06:20:08 Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi dies. Power vacuum in Addis Ababa, or chance for peace? http://ow.ly/d7edzjoyhackel 2100… 2040… Likely date for an ice-free Arctic summer likely will be way sooner than imagined just a few years ago http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19330307Peter Thomson But in Bamako, will it affect the extremist north? BBC News – Mali forms new unity government under PM Diarra http://bbc.in/OSJiQ3Marco Werman Will Ban Ki Moon go to Tehran summit? http://bit.ly/NCKJSHJeb Sharp A library for the homeless via bicycle in Brazil. http://ow.ly/d7i2e @GlobalVoicesSteven Davy Study links anesthesia in early life to developmental problems with language and reasoning: http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/20/study-shows-anesthesia-may-lead-to-language-deficits-in-children/?iid=hl-main-lede @pritheworldPatrick Cox Attacks from the air over Yemen, 2001-2011 http://ow.ly/d7g0NStephen Snyder That must be so devastating. Diana Nyad pulled from water, ending historic Cuba-to-Florida swim. http://abcnews.go.com/US/diana-nyad-pulled-from-water/story?id=17046946 #worldnewsroomTory Starr RT @BecCrew: RT @BBCNature Do animals mourn their dead? http://bbc.in/OKMNCl Observations of a mother giraffe have reopened the debate.Rhitu Chatterjee Tibetan blogging: Tweets from the plateau http://econ.st/RmKIUl via @theeconomist #TibetApril Peavey Pussy Riot court website attacked http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19330602Clark Boyd
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