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What We've Found: Brutality in Guinea, G20 discontent, Zoellick's warning, PA poverty, carbon-offset kiosks, long-life conference and a possibly extinct aquatic behemoth
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What We've Found: Brutality in Guinea, G20 discontent, Zoellick's warning, PA poverty, carbon-offset kiosks, long-life conference and a possibly extinct aquatic behemoth
Julia Harte with your morning fix.
Guinean troops reportedly raped, beat and shot hundreds of civilians demonstrating over rumors that the head of the country's military junta would run for president in January. Over a hundred were killed.
Protestors at the G20 conference in Pittsburgh accused the city's police force of issuing unclear dispersal orders, firing rubber bullets at compliant individuals and seizing journalistic footage during the nearly 200 arrests made outside the economic summit on Thursday and Friday.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned that other countries may soon rival the United States in economic might, as currencies such as the Chinese renminbi and the euro threaten to replace the dollar as the predominant reserve currency.
The Pennsylvania poverty rate increased to 12.1 percent from 11.6 percent and the percentage of households receiving food stamps went up by three percentage points between 2007 and 2008, according to new census data. Pennsylvania was one of only seven states that reported an increase in poverty during the period.
Kiosks in San Francisco International Airport now collect money from passengers who wish to offset the carbon emitted from their flight. Their money goes to such nonprofits as Conservation Fund, which allows trees in a forest it owns to grow taller so they can trap more carbon dioxide.
Harvard Medical School hosted a conference devoted to pharmaceuticals and lifestyles that prolong youthfulness and may extend life.
The Chinese paddlefish, a freshwater fish that can grow up to 21 feet in length, was feared extinct by ichthyologists after a three-year search for the species failed to find any individuals.
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