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Teacher of Geography (Times Education Supplement)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:55:23 GMT
We are seeking to recruit a teacher of Geography to join our existing team, ideally from September 2009. The possibility exists for appointment as Head of Department.

New Map Puts Geography in the Curriculum (All Points Blog)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:02:52 GMT
The week marked the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in D.C. Among the geospatial highlights was the rollout of the latest in its series of 21st century roadmaps for core academic subjects, K-12 science and geography.

Linking genes to geography could revive race myth (New Scientist)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:14:12 GMT
The Human Genome Project blew apart the idea that "race" was a biologically meaningful term – but new genetic technologies threaten to revive it, warns Osagie Obasogie

Teachers prove a class act (Oldham Chronicle)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:37 GMT
A TRIO of teachers from North Chadderton School proved worthy winners of a gruelling challenge. PE teachers Sarah Semple and Jayne Roberts teamed up with geography teacher Kate Emeny to take part in the Prestwich Challenge with Kate’s sister Trish Emeny, who is a youth worker.

Creating Geography (Santa Fe Reporter)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:25:16 GMT
Because I was trapped at a convention inside Tucson, Ariz.’s version of Buffalo Thunder—a pueblo-style golf resort, minus the casino—the weekend of June 26-28, I missed a succession of big events related to the LAND/ART project.

Background Note: Lesotho (Scoop.co.nz)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:03:18 GMT
Geography Area: 390,580 sq. km. (150,760 sq. mi.), slightly larger than Montana. Cities: Capital --Harare (pronounced Ha-RAR-e), pop. 1.5 million. Other towns --Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo, Marondera.

Background Note: Lesotho (Scoop.co.nz)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:03:07 GMT
Geography Area: 30,355 sq. km. (11,718 sq. mi.), about the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Maseru (173,700). Other cities --Leribe (35,000), Mafeteng (32,900), Teyateyaneng (22,800), Mohale's Hoek (18,400).

Background Note: Mozambique (Scoop.co.nz)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:02:58 GMT
Geography Area: 801,590 sq. km.; slightly less than twice the size of California. Major cities: Capital --Maputo (pop. 1.2 million--2005 est.); Beira, Matola, Nampula, Quelimane, Tete, Nacala.

Background Note: Jamaica (Scoop.co.nz)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:28:30 GMT
Geography Area: 10,991 sq. km. (4,244 sq. mi.). Cities: Capital --Kingston metro area and St. Andrew (pop. 650,000). Other cities --Montego Bay (96,000), Spanish Town (131,515). Terrain: Mountainous, coastal plains. Climate: Tropical.

Background Note: Kenya (Scoop.co.nz)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:13:40 GMT
Geography Area: 582,646 sq. km. (224,960 sq mi.); slightly smaller than Texas. Cities: Capital --Nairobi (pop. 2.9 million; 2007 est.). Other cities --Mombasa (828,500; 2006 est.), Kisumu (650,846; 2005-6), Nakuru (1.3 million; 2005-6), Eldoret (193,830; ...

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Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign (AP)
APworldThu, 02 Jul 2009 23:43:43 GMT
U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.  (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.
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US vice president in Iraq (AP)
APworldThu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:48 GMT
Iraqi security forces secure the site of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 2, 2009. The attack was the first in Baghdad since US troops withdrew from Iraqi cities in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns.
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OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras (AP)
APworldThu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:05 GMT
Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya hold hands as they stand in front of a line of soldiers guarding the entrance to a park during a protest  through downtown Tegucigalpa,Thursday, July 2, 2009.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix) AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint — a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP)
APworldFri, 03 Jul 2009 00:29:14 GMT
AP - As of Thursday, July 2, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Peru bus collision kills 23 near Lake Titicaca (AP)
APworldFri, 03 Jul 2009 00:34:27 GMT
AP - Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountain road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said.
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Aussie officials to visit India after student attacks (AFP)
AFPworldThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:49 GMT
Activists of the Punjab Students Union and the Progressive Democratic Students Union shout anti-Australia slogans during a protest in New Delhi in June 2009 against the attacks on students. A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh) AFP - A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.
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Pakistan desperately short of money to resettle Swat residents (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy NewspapersworldThu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Major Western countries, after applauding Pakistan's military crackdown on Islamic extremists in the Swat valley in the country's northwest, haven't pledged the money needed to resettle the population now that the fighting is mostly over, and humanitarian organizations fear that 2 million people will be sent back home before it's safe to go.
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