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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This method has been used for estimating large-scale killings in Guatemala , Kosovo , PerĂº , Srebrenica , East Timor , and Colombia , among others. Roberts suspects that both sources cover similar cases, mostly coming from the Iraqi Government, focused on Baghdad and that both under-report small events and incidences of single killings.

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Zen Under Fire: Big Vision Podcast Interview with Marianne Elliott

Have Fun - Do Good

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

Candid

Accelerating extreme weather events have inspired creative solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on physical infrastructure: Copenhagens permeable tiled roads absorb stormwater, Timor-Lestes vetiver grass plantings prevent landslides, and New York Citys reflective cool roofs reduce urban heat capture.

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