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World beat 10.17.2012

BBC blogger survives shot to head

By Antonio Zaragoza

At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai was giving a voice to many young Pakistanis by standing in direct defiance of the Taliban and speaking for educational rights in Swat Valley, Pakistan, an area bordering Afghanistan.

World beat 10.1.2012

By Ana Ceballos

World beat 10.1.2012

World Beat 9.25.2012

By Ana Ceballos

World Beat 9.25.2012

Japan protested amidst land dispute

By Ana Ceballos

Approximately 2,500 outraged Chinese citizens participated in demonstrations across the country, displaying banners reading “Protect China’s inseparable territory,” to “Nuclear extermination for wild Japanese dogs.”

Food cost rises again

By Ilgin Karlidag

Global food prices rose 10 percent in July because of severe droughts in both the U.S. and Eastern Europe, threatening the world’s poor, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch report.

Overpopulation may lead to worldwide drought by 2050

By Ana Ceballos

The world population is ex-pected to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, compared to the 6 billion people recorded in March 2012 by the United Nations Population Division Department.