NYMHM: Fly the cellulose skies; Zimbabwe's border worries; Colombia's disappeared

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   NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 9, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 27

   Important but overlooked news from around the world.
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QUOTED:

    "You can't fly planes on photovoltaic panels."

    -- Researcher Harvey Blanch bets on "second generation" biofuels
    that he says don't compete with food crops (see "Energy," below).


CONTENTS:

    *Top Stories*
      Colombia's disappeared return to view
      Immigration: Filipinos in EU spotlight
      The other kind of green beer

    *Africa*
      Zimbabwe troubles may bust borders

    *Energy*
      Fly the cellulose skies: Will second-generation biofuel take off?


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  TOP STORIES
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  * Colombia's Disappeared Return to View

    Thousands of Colombians who have "disappeared" over the decades
    were commemorated in prose and pictures at a June conference in
    Bogota on political kidnappings, Inter Press Service reports.

    "Without a Trace," a photography and short-story contest, debuted
    as part of the three-day International Seminar on Forced
    Disappearance, an event that drew human rights activists from
    Latin America, Europe and the United States.

    Columbian writer Jorge Eliecer Pardo was lauded for his story
    "No Names, No Faces, No Traces," which ...

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  * Immigration: Filipinos in EU Spotlight

    A new European Union mandate to expel illegal Filipino
    immigrants does not mean a crackdown is imminent, an
    EU's delegate told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

    Ambassador Alistair MacDonald said the policy merely sets
    standards for those who overstay their visa, regardless of ...

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  * The Other Kind of Green Beer

    From the Rocky Mountains to Japan and Australia, beer-brewing
    companies are adopting environmentally sustainable practices
    that reduce waste, as well as energy and water use, according
    to an Environmental News Network report.

    In Colorado, New Belgium Brewery uses wind power and harnesses
    methane gas pumped from its water treatment facility to meet
    all of its electricity needs, while Odell Brewing Company
    recycles everything it possibly can -- including water, spent
    grain, office paper and ink -- and uses ...

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  AFRICA
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  * Zimbabwe Troubles May Bust Borders

    Zimbabwe's controversial re-election of President Robert Mugabe
    is bringing new pressure on South Africa to resolve the conflict,
    and raising military tensions with neighboring Botswana.

    Leaders of the G-8 and several African nations scolded South
    African Prime Minister Thabo Mbeki at a meeting in Japan Tuesday,
    saying his efforts to mediate Zimbabwe's political crisis
    are not working, the Mail & Guardian of South Africa reports.

    With violence against the Zimbabwean opposition escalating,
    British ...

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  ENERGY
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  * Fly the Cellulosic Skies: Will Second-Generation Biofuels Take Off?

    Japan Airlines recently announced plans to test fly one of
    its aircraft using a form of "second generation" biofuel
    in early 2009.

    The demonstration flight will be the first of its kind in Asia,
    according to the business news outlet Cleantech.com, and follows
    the lead of Virgin Atlantic, which successfully completed the
    world's first biofuel-powered flight earlier this year.

    Japan Airlines said it is committed to finding a viable second-
    generation biofuel source that derives from cellulose -- a woody
    type of plant matter -- rather than from food ...

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