Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules - New York Times

7/31/07 Celia Dugger, NY Times.

A woman let water flow into her sorghum plot, part of an American-financed irrigation project in northwestern Kenya. Families were promised corn for their work, but it never arrived. More Photos >

7/27/07 Oxford Analytica, Forbes, Hard Times For U.S. Workers

The federal minimum wage recently rose 70 cents, to 5.85 dollars per hour, the first increase in nearly a decade. While the minimum wage has risen, its effect has been partially offset by a May U.S. Supreme Court ruling that tightened the conditions for demonstrating discrimination in "pay parity" cases--strengthening the hand of employers. The rights and bargaining power of U.S. workers have declined since 2000.

7/27/07 Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, Climate change escalates Darfur crisis

Iriba, Chad - With Darfur refugee women waiting up to two days for their chance to fill buckets at a communal water point, it's only a matter of time before bickering turns into a full-fledged fight.

Rich World's Consumerism May Cause African Famines, Experts Warn

Food production in developing countries will halve in the next 20 years unless wealthy nations lower their rate of consumption, the Stockholm Environment Institute warned at a weekend conference.

No Oil Yet, but Tiny African Isle Finds Slippery Dealings
7/02/07 Barry Meier & Jad Mouawad. NY Times

A decade ago, geologists found signs that one of Africa's least-known countries, the tiny island nation of São Tomé and Principe, might hold a king's ransom in oil.

In a World on the Move, a Tiny Land Strains to Cope - New York Times

James Hill for The New York Times

Stenio da Luz dos Reis, 17, lives in Cape Verde but longs to join his mother in the Netherlands. She moved there in 2001 to find work.

MINDELO, Cape Verde -- Virtually every aspect of global migration can be seen in this tiny West African nation, where the number of people who have left approaches the number who remain and almost everyone has a close relative in Europe or America.

By Daniel Howden, Deputy Foreign Editor

Published: 27 June 2007

The combined forces of population growth and urbanisation are creating a planet of slums, where the urban population will have doubled by 2030, according to a report released by the United Nations today.

Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska - New York Times

Many of Alaska's roads, runways, railroads and water and sewer systems will wear out more quickly and cost more to repair or replace because of climate change, according to a study released yesterday.

Higher temperatures, melting permafrost, a reduction in polar ice and increased flooding are expected to raise the repair and replacement cost of thousands of infrastructure projects as much as $6.1 billion for a total of nearly $40 billion -- about a 20 percent increase -- from now to 2030, according to the study, by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage.