Worldfocus presents highlights from our “Perspectives” blog, which includes columns culled from a network of contributing bloggers. “Perspectives” features commentary from experts and voices on the ground.
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Below is a list of the blog entries that were most popular with viewers in 2008.
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Q&A: Kashmiri people, history and human rights | Cultural Anthropologist Haley Duschinski has researched issues of the Kashmiri people for the past 10 years and answers viewer questions about the disputed region here. |
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Ponzi schemes strike in U.S., Russia and Colombia | In the wake of the $50 billion Madoff fraud case, a Worldfocus contributing blogger writes about worldwide Ponzi schemes and their relationship to the global financial crisis. |
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FDA failures contribute to spread of contaminated drugs | Since the 1930s, heparin has helped save the lives of millions of dialysis and surgery patients. Then, in 2006, Chinese suppliers of the drug’s basic material contaminated it with a mysterious ingredient. Patients began to die. |
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Chinese factory closures exaggerated by media | A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes about the impact of factory closures on day-to-day life in southern Dongguan. |
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Sarkozy thinks global, should look local | A Worldfocus contributing blogger wrote about the international ambitions of Nicolas Sarkozy as the French president headed to a recent G20 meeting of world leaders. |
