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<div><strong>Subject:</strong> SciDev.Net Weekly Update (8 - 13 May 2012): UN plans for sustainability goals, Preventing Buruli ulcer, Climate-smart learning, and more</div>
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<td><span style="line-height: 12px; font-size: x-small; color: #00f000; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Science & Development Network</strong></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">News, views and information abo=t science, technology and the developing world</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #666666;"><strong>Articles published on the SciDev.Net website over the last wee=: 8 - 13 May 2012</strong></span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a>Preventing Buruli ulcer=/font></a><br />
<p><span style="font-size: 75%; font-family: Arial;">Pressure on Africa 's agro-ecosystems could mean a higher risk of=Buruli ulcer. We need to understand how the disease spreads, says agro-eco=health specialist <em>Rousseau Djouaka</em>.<br /></span></p>
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<td valign="top"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>UN appoints high-level development advisory panel</a> </strong><br />The leaders of Indonesia, Liberia and the United Kingdom will co-c=air a UN panel advising on development after the MDGs expire. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td valign="top"><a><img style="font-size: 75%;" title="3D" src="./program/blocked.gif" alt="B=ko Haram attacks 'undermining Nigeria's development'" width="11" height="80" border="0" /> <br />Attacks on Nigeria's media and universities are damaging the count=y's prospects for development, according to researchers and reporters. <br /></a><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a><a> <br /><br /></a></td>
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<td valign="top"><a><img title="South Asia gets clim=te-smart learning platform" src="./program/blocked.gif" alt="South Asia gets =limate-smart learning platform" width="80" height="80" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></td>
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<td valign="top"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>South Asia gets climate-smart learning platform</a> </strong><br />As South Asia gets a knowledge platform to promote climate-resilie=t agriculture, experts warn it must reach the region's poor farmers. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Millennium villages project 'a success'</a> <br />A project to help African countries achieve the MDGs is proving a =uccess says a study, although experts question its methods. <br /><span style="color: #989898; font-size: xx-small;">Source: Nature News</span> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></strong></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Egyptian wins US$100,000 African Innovation Priz=</a></strong> <br />An Egyptian scientist' has been awarded a prestigious prize for de=igning an antenna that could facilitate mobile network upgrades. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>More detailed data 'needed to tackle hunger in M=li'</a></strong> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Egypt's Zewail science city hit by universities'=dispute</a></strong> <br /><span style="color: #989898; font-size: xx-small;">Source: Nature News</span> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>'India's drug approvals put industry over people= </a></strong><br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Chile launches traditional seed database </a><br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">ES</a></strong></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Egypt to test multi-purpose power units</a> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></strong></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Peru takes steps to reach low carbon economy</a>=/strong> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">ES</a></strong></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Brazil and Argentina ‘leading regional science=92</a></strong> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">ES</a></span> <br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Brazil to create network on neglected diseases></a></strong> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">ES</a></span></td>
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<h3 style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 9px;"><span style="color: #336596; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><a><img title="Afric='s hidden scourge needs an integrated approach" src="./program/blocked.gif" alt="Africa=s hidden scourge needs an integrated approach" width="80" height="80" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Africa's hidden scourge needs an integrated approach</a> </strong><br />Buruli ulcer could spread as agriculture intensifies in Africa, ma=ing prevention research vital, says agro-eco-health expert <em>Rousseau Dj=uaka</em>. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><strong><a>Why it was right to publish research findings on=bird flu</a></strong> <br />An editorial in the journal <em>Nature </em>explains the reasons f=r publishing the full results of a controversial paper about a modified bi=d flu virus <br /><span style="color: #989898; font-size: xx-small;">Source: Nature</span> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;">EN</a></span> <span style="color: #99999b; font-size: xx-small;">|</span> <a style="text-decoration: none;">中文 </a><br /></span></h3>
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<td valign="top"><a>Innovation at the grass=oots</a><br />
<p><span style="font-size: 75%; font-family: Arial;"><em>SciDev.Net</em> puts the Spotlight on ingenious technologies =hat lie below the radar of conventional innovation systems, and asks how l=cal communities can be helped to unlock their creative potential.<br /></span></p>
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<td><a style="text-decoration: none;"><strong>SciDev.Net vacancies</strong> <br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">SciDev.Net seeks a temporary subed=tor to support its news desk</span></a></td>
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<td><a><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>From brain dr=in to university systems</strong> <br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Keep up-to-date with how science a=d innovation policy can contribute to sustainable economic growth</span></span></a></td>
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