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Global Issues Email Update, February 2008.

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In this update:
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1) 26,500 children died today

2) Military in Movies; Less Shock, More Awe

3) The reading list now links through to Amazon; a way to support
the Global Issues web site

4) I wrote a chapter for a new book: American Wars: Illusions
and Realities


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1) 26,500 children died today

Updated figures reported by UNICEF showed that approximately 9.7
million children under the age of 5 died around the world. That
is the equivalent to some 26,500 children dying a day, or 1 child
dying approximately every 3 seconds. The causes are often poverty,
hunger and preventable diseases. While the number of under 5 children
dying each year is declining, the pace of decline seems slow year
after year. Since 1960, such deaths have fallen from 20 million to
9.7 million in 2006 and given the population has doubled in that
time, the achievements could also be considered positively. However,
UNICEF is concerned that progress has not been evenly distributed,
with many countries not making much progress.

http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty/death/

2) Military in Movies; Less Shock, More Awe

Many well-known films have had the advice of the military, even
having parts of their script influenced by them. This benefits
both the film producers (e.g. access to military bases or aircraft
carriers and more authenticity) and the military (e.g. a chance
to portray a more preferable image). Audiences are used to seeing
films being promoted with merchandising such as toys, off screen,
but on-screen a lot of programming contains a combination of product
placement and military involvement. The media and advertising section
has been updated with some additional information on these issues
and their implications.

http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Media/Corporations/Ads.asp

3) The reading list now links through to Amazon; a way to support
the Global Issues web site

I have long had a reading list on this site of books I have read
and books that are in my (growing!) queue. For a while I have been
thinking about linking to a site such as Amazon so people can find
out more about these books. I have finally done that, but also used
Amazon   s associate/affiliate program so if anyone purchases a
book via those links a small referral fee is earned that helps this
site. So, if you have found the site useful and want to help out,
consider purchasing book(s) via the reading list page. I hope that
will be useful for you as well as me!

http://www.globalissues.org/resources/reading.asp

4) I wrote a chapter for a new book: American Wars: Illusions
and Realities

A new book is to be published mid-February, 2008, titled American
Wars: Illusions and Realities (Clarity Press, February 2008). I
was asked to contribute a chapter, and wrote the chapter titled,
Illusion 5: The mainstream media gives us balanced reporting. I will
shortly post some further information about this, but for the moment,
please visit the link below (I also wrote another book a year ago,
and will mention that shortly, too).

http://www.globalissues.org/resources/reading.asp#written-contributed


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