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Unfortunately, turmoil in today's lead stories is not limited to Kenya or the economic domain. In our analysis section, a renowned investigative reporter says the media is in somewhat of a state of chaos and has failed to report sufficiently on two of 2007's biggest issues: the question mark that is clean coal and the extraordinary renditions conducted by the U.S. government. Plus, in our top feature story, Bolivia moves towards an uncertain future after tumultuous constitutional reforms and increasing political polarization. 
The violence spurred by allegedly flawed electoral results has brought Kenya's economy to a standstill and threatens economic instability among its neighboring landlocked countries, which rely heavily on Kenyan ports and trade.
From: The Nation (Nairobi) Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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The International Monetary Fund, pressured by several rich donor countries, continues to attach "excessive" conditionalities to its loans despite streamlining efforts undertaken in recent years, according to an internal watchdog report.
From:
Inter Press Service (IPS)
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Global retail giant Wal-Mart is selling products made from illegally logged timber – in turn threatening the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger, according to new evidence from an environmental activism group.
From:
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Field investigations in Indonesia have found that the home of two tribes of indigenous people and endangered elephants, tigers and orang-utans faces “being split in half” by construction of “a legally questionable highway” for logging trucks servicing one of the world’s largest paper companies.
From:
WWF International
Image: Children of indigenous Orang Rimba next to a logging highway opened by APP and partners in Bukit Tigapuluh, Indonesia (Photo: WWF)
Backed by a government intent on promoting innovation and fuelled by a "brain gain" of scientists and entrepreneurs returning from abroad, China’s health biotech industry only needs a more favourable investment climate to emerge as a global force in the production of therapies and medicines, says a new study.
Award-winning investigative reporter, A.C. Thompson, reflects on "a time of great turmoil" in the media industry and what he believes are the most underreported, but nonetheless pressing, issues of 2007 -- the viability of clean coal and extraordinary renditions by the U.S. government.
From: New America Media 
Using biofuels made from corn, sugar cane and soy could have a greater environmental impact than burning fossil fuels, according to experts.
From: The Guardian Image: Ad warning of the danger of biofuels
The intelligence services and religious extremists were behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, argues Ziauddin Sardar, and politicians have been too preoccupied with settling old scores to fight for real democracy.
From New Statesman 
At year's end, Bolivia found itself in the midst of a divisive political crisis that threatened to dismantle the state. Meanwhile, the course of events for 2008 remains unpredictable.
From:
North American Congress on Latin America
Image: Gas and water protests in La Paz, Bolivia. © Alana Libow / Cultural Survival, Inc.
The deadly Ebola virus outbreak that struck the Democratic Republic of Congo last year prompted aid agencies to provide emergency assistance. Travel through the affected region with a humanitarian organization as they offer logistical support, supplies, and health training.
From:
International Rescue Committee
Image: The IRC distributes mattresses during Congo ebola outbreak. © The IRC / International Rescue Committee
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As 2008 marks the 60-year anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a group of seasoned humanitarian activists known as The Elders are hoping to collect one billion signatures from across the world, expanding the past precedent that only governments should sign the Universal Declaration.
From: The Elders Image: The Elders.
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