Satellite Imagery Checks Violence Along Sudan’s Border

Human rights activists have come up with the Satellite Sentinel Project that purchases satellite imagery of Sudan and South Sudan and analyzes it to help find those who are waging war.

Global Hedge Funds Buying Land in Africa

Hedge funds gobble up land in Africa and universities like Harvard are not far behind.

UK documents confirm torture of Mau Mau rebels

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New documents released in the United Kingdom confirm that torture and other abuses of detainees were authorized at the highest levels in the 1950s, during a counter-insurgency campaign in Kenya. Kenya was then a British colony and Mau Mau rebels wanted them out. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Caroline Elkins, professor of African history at Harvard University. Download MP3
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Clinton speaks on US-China relations

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Chinese President Hu Jintao will be in Washington next week. Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the American-Chinese relationship. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Merle Goldman, a research associate at the Fairbank Center for Chinese history at Harvard University to discuss the US-China relationship. Download MP3
Clinton Says U.S. and China at ‘Critical Juncture’

Real runners do it barefoot

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A new study finds that people who run barefoot move very differently from people who run in modern athletic shoes. The research, conducted in the U.S. and Kenya, found that shoeless runners land on the front or middle of the foot, whereas shod runners land on the heel, therefore increasing the odds of athletic injuries. Keith Seinfeld of station KPLU will have the story later today. (Photo: Harvard University) Download MP3

• Harvard University: Running Barefoot
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