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  1. Modern cancer care involves more than the latest surgical techniques and chemotherapy drugs; it also offers freedom from pain. Yet basic palliative care, in the form of morphine, is almost nonexistent for many patients in developing countries. What is being done to bring them pain relief? http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/dispensing-comfort/
    Photo: A pharmacist handles morphine at the CIPLA Palliative Care Center in Pune, India. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: Cancer patient Amir Kazi, 18, entered the CIPLA Palliative Care Center in Pune, India, crying with pain. Morphine eased his discomfort. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: Dr. Mary Ann Muckaden is the head of pain relief at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India. While this well-equipped hospital has plenty of morphine for cancer patients, pain relief medication is not readily available in much of India. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: In India, morphine is usually dispensed in tablet form. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
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  3. Radical right political parties have made gains all across Europe, gaining strength and political power. But in Spain, the far right is faring less well.
  4. The latest The World in Words podcast includes audio from 86-goal wonder Lionel Messi. Not only has he broken the record for most goals in a calendar year, he also speaks Catalan-- not even his native tongue! This updated podcast is a companion piece to Gerry Hadden's blog post about NOT speaking Catalan.
  5. The “Gangnam Style” music video by South Korean musician PSY is now the most watched online video ever.

    But what most viewers don’t know is that “Gangnam Style” is just the tip of the iceberg in a massive government-backed effort to export Korean pop music, or K-pop, all over the globe. http://ow.ly/fVsEM
  6. Why I like Catalan and don’t speak it: http://ow.ly/fVrR4
    Photo: Why I like Catalan and don’t speak it: http://ow.ly/fVrR4
  7. Victoria Contreras sells food on the streets of Lima, Peru. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she felt frightened and isolated.

    But she rediscovered hope and community at the Breast Club, a local support group. http://ow.ly/fVtaC
    Photo: Victoria Contreras sells food on the streets of Lima, Peru. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she felt frightened and isolated. 

But she rediscovered hope and community at the Breast Club, a local support group. http://ow.ly/fVtaC
  8. Coal use is at 40-year lows here in the US but it’s another story in Europe, where it’s on the rise.

    And as The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Spain, that means trouble for the European Union’s commitment to cutting CO2 emissions to combat global climate change. http://ow.ly/fTwRR
    Photo: Coal use is at 40-year lows here in the US but it’s another story in Europe, where it’s on the rise.

And as The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Spain, that means trouble for the European Union’s commitment to cutting CO2 emissions to combat global climate change.  http://ow.ly/fTwRR
  9. Twenty-five years ago Friday, at the height of the Cold War, a Soviet court sentenced 19-year-old West German Mathias Rust to four years in prison.

    His crime –flying a single engine plane into Moscow and taxiing into Red Square — made headlines across the globe. http://ow.ly/fVs2E
  10. 7.3 was the magnitude of the earthquake that rattled parts of Japan on Friday. The epicenter was some 150 miles offshore, under the Pacific Ocean.

    It made skyscrapers sway in Tokyo and it triggered a tsunami alert in the same region of nor...
    theastern Japan that was devastated by last year’s massive quake and tsunami.

    It’s a geographical area that includes all of the northern portion of Honshu, Japan’s largest island.

    Geoquiz! Name that region.
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  11. Iranian musician Shahin Najafi has a price on his head. Iranian clerics also have a fatwa out on him.

    But none of this is stopping him from touring North America. http://ow.ly/fTzgm
  12. Smoking is the #1 cause of death in China. By some estimates, more than 1 million Chinese die from smoking-related diseases each year. http://ow.ly/fVt3C
    Photo: Smoking is the #1 cause of death in China. By some estimates, more than 1 million Chinese die from smoking-related diseases each year. http://ow.ly/fVt3C
  13. After Typhoon Bopha, Philippines' envoy appealed to the UN climate summit in Qatar. "Heart-breaking tragedies like this (are) not unique to the Philippines. I appeal to the whole world, I appeal to the leaders all over the world, to open ou...
    r eyes to the stark reality that we face."

    But Sano’s plea and the unfolding disaster back in the Philippines don’t seem to have dissolved any of the gridlock at the Doha climate talk. http://ow.ly/fVqh7
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    Photo: After Typhoon Bopha, Philippines' envoy appealed to the UN climate summit in Qatar. "Heart-breaking tragedies like this (are) not unique to the Philippines. I appeal to the whole world, I appeal to the leaders all over the world, to open our eyes to the stark reality that we face."

But Sano’s plea and the unfolding disaster back in the Philippines don’t seem to have dissolved any of the gridlock at the Doha climate talk. http://ow.ly/fVqh7
  14. Egypt’s President still retains the support of many Egyptians, particularly members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

    Marco speaks to a chief adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood about President Morsi’s call for a dialogue with his opponents. http://ow.ly/fVpxF
    Photo: Egypt’s President still retains the support of many Egyptians, particularly members of the Muslim Brotherhood. 

Marco speaks to a chief adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood about President Morsi’s call for a dialogue with his opponents. http://ow.ly/fVpxF
  15. Protesters returned to the presidential palace in Cairo today by the tens of thousands. They went to say “no” to President Mohammed Morsi. “No” to the new presidential powers he has granted himself. And “no” to the draft constitution Morsi wants to put to a referendum in one week.

    The World's Matthew Bell reports: http://ow.ly/fVp6r
    Photo: Protesters returned to the presidential palace in Cairo today by the tens of thousands. They went to say “no” to President Mohammed Morsi. “No” to the new presidential powers he has granted himself. And “no” to the draft constitution Morsi wants to put to a referendum in one week. 

The World's Matthew Bell reports: http://ow.ly/fVp6r
  16. Brazil is mourning the passing of architect Oscar Niemeyer. The man who gave the capital Brasilia its distinctive curved buildings died Wednesday at the age of 104. Anchor Marco Werman talks about Niemeyer’s legacy with Lawrence Vale, a professor of urban design at MIT. http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/remembering-architect-oscar-niemeyer/
    Photo: The Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum
    Photo: Edificio Copan, Sao Paulo
    Photo: Casino in Funchai, Madeira
    Photo: Ministries Esplanade with several of Niemeyer's buildings: the National Congress, the Cathedral, the National Museum and the National Library, Brasilia, D.F., 2006
  17. Reporter Joanne Silberner spoke to the GlobalPost about her recent reporting on #globalcancer in Uganda, Haiti, and India.
  18. The smog and air pollution that’s been lingering over Iran’s capital is bad enough to cause headaches and breathing problems.

    So this week the government closed schools and offices for a few days and is encouraging residents to clear out of the city. http://ow.ly/fTx6R
    Photo: The smog and air pollution that’s been lingering over Iran’s capital is bad enough to cause headaches and breathing problems. 

So this week the government closed schools and offices for a few days and is encouraging residents to clear out of the city. http://ow.ly/fTx6R
  19. Some catfish in France’s Tarn river come on land to hunt pigeons. Those catfish and their unusual hunting behavior is the topic of a new study. http://ow.ly/fTz8P
  20. Modern cancer care involves more than the latest surgical techniques and chemotherapy drugs; it also offers freedom from pain. Yet basic palliative care, in the form of morphine, is almost nonexistent for many patients in developing countries. What is being done to bring them pain relief?
  21. The University of Chicago law professor Tom Ginsburg has taken a careful look at Egypt’s draft constitution. He says there’s one big winner in the document: Egypt’s military.
    http://ow.ly/fTtiJ
    Photo: The University of Chicago law professor Tom Ginsburg has taken a careful look at Egypt’s draft constitution. He says there’s one big winner in the document: Egypt’s military.
http://ow.ly/fTtiJ
  22. Dutch historical consultant Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse found some old WWII era negatives at an Amsterdam flea market a few years ago. She decided to mash up the old photos with their present day locations. The result is a project called Ghosts of History. http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/the-ghosts-of-history/
    Photo: Together again...
    Photo: The factory worker photo
    Photo: Old and new
    Photo: Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse
  23. An impressive collection of historic letters from international artists, scientists, and writers is being put up for auction.
  24. People from northern Mali who have fled the conflict there are increasingly frustrated, but what they see as a lack of international concern about their flight.
  25. There are three dramas unfolding across the Middle East and you can see them all represented in this cartoon slideshow. http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/cartoon-slideshow-three-middle-east-crises/
    Photo: Khalil Abu Arafeh, East Jerusalem
    Photo: Emad Hajjaj, Jordan
    Photo: Tom Janssen, The Netherlands
    Photo: Osama Hajjaj, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions, Jordan
  26. Cancer can be triggered by infectious diseases, especially in impoverished parts of the world. Scientists in the US and Africa are working to unravel how viruses and bacteria cause malignancies. By breaking that cycle, they hope to prevent tumors from forming in the first place. http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/the-infectious-connection/
    Photo: Veronica Alebo is a young Burkitt's lymphoma patient with a large protruding tumor in her abdomen for which she is receiving chemotherapy treatment. She has been in and out of the inpatient ward at the Uganda Cancer Institute for one year. (Photo: Jacqueline Koch)
    Photo: Cynthia Nyakato, age 9, was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma four years ago, and she returned to the Uganda Cancer Institute for another cycle of treatment. Burkitt's lymphoma, both potentially fatal and disfiguring, is the most common cancer diagnosis among Ugandan children. The disease is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Currently, the five-year survival rate is less than 40 percent, but it is estimated that 85 percent of these children can be cured for less than $600 a case. (Photo: Jacqueline Koch)
    Photo: Cynthia Nyakato, age 9, was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma four years ago, and she returned to the Uganda Cancer Institute for another cycle of treatment. Burkitt's lymphoma, both potentially fatal and disfiguring, is the most common cancer diagnosis among Ugandan children. The disease is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Currently, the five-year survival rate is less than 40 percent, but it is estimated that 85 percent of these children can be cured for less than $600 a case. (Photo: Jacqueline Koch)
    Photo: Cynthia Nyakato, age 9, was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma four years ago, and she returned to the Uganda Cancer Institute for another cycle of treatment. Burkitt's lymphoma, both potentially fatal and disfiguring, is the most common cancer diagnosis among Ugandan children. The disease is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Currently, the five-year survival rate is less than 40 percent, but it is estimated that 85 percent of these children can be cured for less than $600 a case. (Photo: Jacqueline Koch)
  27. Video: Smoking is the leading cause of death in China, and by 2050, the number of deaths from tobacco-related causes is expected to triple.
  28. Cancer can be triggered by infectious diseases, especially in impoverished parts of the world. Scientists in the U.S. and Africa are working to unravel how viruses and bacteria cause malignancies. By breaking that cycle, they hope to prevent tumors from forming in the first place.
  29. Protests in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, turned violent Wednesday. Supporters and opponents of President Morsi clashed near the presidential palace.

    Anchor Marco Werman spoke with one of the protesters, a young student named Merna el-Bari. http://ow.ly/fRspI
    Photo: Protests in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, turned violent Wednesday. Supporters and opponents of President Morsi clashed near the presidential palace. 

Anchor Marco Werman spoke with one of the protesters, a young student named Merna el-Bari. http://ow.ly/fRspI
  30. A billion dollars worth of goods cross the US-Canadian border every day. South of the border, Mexico is one of the United States’ largest trading partners and would be one of the first countries to feel the effect of an American fiscal cliff.
  31. Sixty years ago saw the beginning of one of the deadliest episodes in the history of London.

    On December 5, 1952, an early-winter fog descended on the city, lasting for four days. It was so thick that visibility was reduced to mere yards. http://ow.ly/fRpew
    Photo: Sixty years ago saw the beginning of one of the deadliest episodes in the history of London. 

On December 5, 1952, an early-winter fog descended on the city, lasting for four days. It was so thick that visibility was reduced to mere yards. http://ow.ly/fRpew
  32. This Geo Quiz has a rich, dark red character with a complex taste.

    $16 million worth of red wine (enough to fill about 80,000 bottles) has been sabotaged in a village south of Florence where the warm air and dry soil is perfect for growing a special variety of the Sangiovese grape.

    What is the name of the small hilly town in Tuscany?
    Photo: This Geo Quiz has a rich, dark red character with a complex taste.

$16 million worth of red wine (enough to fill about 80,000 bottles) has been sabotaged in a village south of Florence where the warm air and dry soil is perfect for growing a special variety of the Sangiovese grape.

What is the name of the small hilly town in Tuscany?
  33. A violent crackdown on a peaceful protest in Myanmar last week has raised questions about how committed Burmese authorities are to real democratic reform. Reporter Becky Palmstrom visited the city of Monywa, the site of the protest over a copper mining project. http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/myanmar-burma-protest/ — in Monywa, Sagaing.
    Photo: At the protest camps outside of Monywa, a sign with UPai crossed out denotes the anger towards the Burmese company UBai. (Photo: Becky Palmstrom)
    Photo: One of the protest camps outside of Monywa town. (Photo: Becky Palmstrom)
    Photo: The road to the pagoda due to be demolished as part of the controversial copper mine project. (Photo: Becky Palmstrom)
    Photo: The machinery on the copper mine project outside of Monywa has been stopped by the protests in recent weeks. (Photo: Becky Palmstrom)
  34. Join "Cancer's New Battleground" series reporter Joanne Silberner in a live chat about her process and main takeaways from her reporting.

    And in 30 minutes, join Dr. Casper Corey of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Dr. Jackson Orem of Uganda Cancer Institute to discuss the state of cancer care in the developing world.
    Global Cancer Chat
    December 5 at 10:00am in EST
    162 people went
  35. Our reporting partner Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting points out prostate cancer's variable mortality rates around the world.

    http://bit.ly/globalcancer
    Prostate cancer's variable mortality rates around the world.
    View our interactive map and global cancer reporting series, produced in collaboration with PRI's The World http://bit.ly/globalcancer
    Photo: Prostate cancer's variable mortality rates around the world. 
View our interactive map and global cancer reporting series, produced in collaboration with PRI's The World http://bit.ly/globalcancer
  36. Cervical cancer is far more common – and more deadly – in the developing world than in the United States. One reason: women in the US receive routine screening that catches the disease in its earliest stages. A low-cost test being rolled out in India could save tens of thousands of lives there each year. http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/an-ounce-of-prevention/ — at Mumbai.
    Photo: A medical team at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India, poses with a woman who has just tested negative for cervical cancer, and her son who brought her in for screening. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: Dr. Surendra Shastri, cancer specialist at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: Dr. Surendra Shastri, cancer specialist at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: Dr. Suvarna Patil, medical director at Walawalkar Hospital. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
    Photo: A woman who has just tested negative for cervical cancer and her son who brought her in for screening. (Photo: Joanne Silberner)
  37. Our global cancer Facebook chat has begun!

    Join "Cancer's New Battleground" lead reporter Joanne Silberner and experts from around the world today in a chat hosted by The World, Partners in Health and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
    Global Cancer Chat
    December 5 at 10:00am in EST
    162 people went
  38. The creative way Amsterdam officials want to deal with "nuisance neighbors" http://ow.ly/fPj1B
    Photo: The creative way Amsterdam officials want to deal with "nuisance neighbors" http://ow.ly/fPj1B

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