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Caught my eye
Things in the media that caught my eye for the week ending February 14, 2010
Best way to end poverty? Empower Women.
Haiti’s farming entrepreneurs
The Haiti earthquake: causing tremors in the aid world.
Jacob Weisburg doesn’t think much of the American public: Down with the people.
All the Shah’s Men author Stephen Kinzer talks about the Iranian Revolution and why America should rethink its Iran policy.
So what on Iran now?
The Robin Hood Tax, which my friend and author of Road from Ruin Michael Green isn’t so hot on either.
Happy New Year!
China: the old/new Asian tiger
Just for Valentine’s Day (I was holding on to these….)
Sexually I’m more of a Switzerland. (Not me, I’m more of a Bosnia)
Marry Him, um, no thanks.
What’s on my iPod? Love, love, love… old school
I promise you I will by Depeche Mode
Modern love by David Bowie
And the greatest love song ever, Heartbeat by Tahiti 80