NYMHM: Ye olde credit crisis; Will pond scum save the planet?; Earthquake parents protest

Wed Jun 4 16:41:53 PDT 2008

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QUOTED:

     "This is not a good place to do interviews. In a disaster
     like this, there will be a lot of opinions. The government
     will solve their problems."

     -- A Chinese official on protests by the parents of earthquake
     victims who blame shoddy school construction for the deaths
     of their children (see "Top Stories," below).

CONTENTS:

     *Top Stories*
       A merrie olde credit crisis
       Earthquake parents protest China schools collapse
       Local music thrills to new community radio station

     *Culture Clash*
       Less than virginal, a French-Muslim marriage goes awry

     *Biofuels*
       Will pond scum save the planet?

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  TOP STORIES
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  > A Merrie Olde Credit Crisis

    Aftershocks from the mortgage and credit crises are rattling
    nerves around the world -- particularly in England's banking
    and lending sector.

    The Telegraph reports that investors have pulled more than
    2.77 billion pounds (approximately $5 billion) from the British
    lender Bradford & Bingly, following the revelation of a cash
    crunch resulting from declines in its mortgage business.

    Faced with a shortfall from low-rate mortgages, the bank had
    apparently been hoping for ...

    GET THE WHOLE STORY:

    http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005450.html

  > Earthquake Parents Protest China Schools Collapse

    About 100 parents of children killed in schools by China's
    recent earthquake have been turned back from a protest at a
    court in the Sichuan province.

    Approximately 7,000 schools collapsed in the 7.9 magnitude
    temblor, The Guardian reports, and in some cases were the only
    buildings to crumble in a given district.

    Some of the protesting parents called for ...

    GET THE WHOLE STORY:

    http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005451.html

  > Local Music Thrills to New Community Radio

    A new, noncommercial FM radio station -- one of the first to be
    approved nationwide in 15 years -- is coming to Portland, Oregon.

    The Oregonian reports that MetroEast Community Media in Portland
    successfully petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for
    the license during an unusual weeklong application period
    last October.

    The licenses were only accepted if it could be proved that the
    new station wouldn't ...

    GET THE WHOLE STORY:

    http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005452.html

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  CULTURE CLASH
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  > Less than Virginal, a French-Muslim Marriage Goes Awry

    France has been rocked in the past week by news that a court
    allowed a Muslim groom to annul his marriage because he found
    out on his wedding night that his bride was not a virgin.

    The wedding took place two years ago and the annulment was
    granted last month, but once the story was revealed in a
    legal journal it caught fire with the media.

    Many French politicians and activists have strongly condemned
    the state's ...

    GET THE WHOLE STORY:

    http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005453.html

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  BIOFUELS
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  > Will Pond Scum Save the Planet?

    With corn-based fuels being blamed for the global food crisis,
    biofuel supporters are looking for non-food crops to be the
    next energy source.

    This includes algae, a plant that few people would rather see on
    their plates instead of in their gas tanks.

    According to Biomass magazine, a commercial wild algae harvesting
    operation is now under way in New Zealand ponds, with the slimy
    stuff going toward the production of so-called biocrude ...

    GET THE WHOLE STORY:

    http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005454.html

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Editors: Will Crain, Josh Wilson
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