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A Funding Body as Competent as Its Athletes: Why UK Sport Got its Rio 2016 Funding Strategy Just Right
Few would have been envious of UK Sport towards the back end of last year. As the official body solely tasked with allocating Team GB its funding for Rio 2016, their decision was never going to be universally popular. Indeed it...
Daily News Roundup – 15 January 2013
Africa France to deploy more troops to Mali French President Francois Holland says more troops are to be sent to Mali to support the 750 already in the country fighting an Islamist insurgency. Mr Holland said the latest ov...
Take a Peek at the Next 150 Years
With the start of the New Year, organizations often take the opportunity to publish outlooks on the upcoming year. Some take this very seriously and predict tech inventions even further into the future. BBC Future has released ...
Daily News Roundup – 14 January 2013
Africa Mali Islamists capture new town amid French intervention Islamist fighters in Mali have seized a town in government-controlled territory amid a military intervention by France. Though French Defence Minister Jean-Yv...
Too Big to Succeed? A Critical Look at the Financing of Dams in Africa
“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure, but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor.” Those are the opening remarks of a report recently released by International Rivers entitled, Infrastru...
“The Administration Does Not Support Blowing Up Planets”
A petition, started in November to secure funding and resources, and to begin the construction of a Death Star by 2016 has, funnily enough, been rejected. Petitions that receive over 25,000 signatures within 30 days automatri...
