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Culture

Global health, mutual survival: Fellows Friday with Alanna Shaikh

Today, infectious diseases race across the world, and one country’s health problem can affect the entire global economy. For these and other...

Mar 18, 2011
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Global Issues

A historic moment in the Arab world: Wadah Khanfar on TED.com

The first talk posted from TED2011, happening now in California: As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Ar...

Mar 2, 2011
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Global Issues

An independent diplomat: Carne Ross on TED.com

After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a “freelance diplomat,” running a bold nonprofit that gives sm...

Sep 9, 2010
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Global Issues

Global population growth: Hans Rosling on TED.com

The world’s population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years — and only by raising the living standards of the world&#82...

Jul 9, 2010
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Business

World Bank opens their data to the world: Hans Rosling reports!

Hans Rosling writes: So it did happen! Just hours ago World Bank president did completely change the World Bank data policy. This story show...

Apr 21, 2010
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Global Issues

Q&A with Shereen El Feki: A glimpse of Arab society in a globalizing world

Shereen El Feki explains the interplay between the Internet, economics and politics in the mesh of civilizations

Dec 11, 2009
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Development

Google makes World Bank data visible

Stats guru Hans Rosling writes to say the popular search engine, Google, is making 17 of the World Bank’s World Development Indicators...

Nov 11, 2009
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Global Issues

Q&A with Parag Khanna: Redrawing the map for a safe, secure world

Last week, Parag Khanna sat with the TED Blog to discuss no less than the political future of the world we live in. He works in the expansiv...

Sep 28, 2009
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Global Issues

Mapping the future of countries: Parag Khanna on TED.com

Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the ...

Sep 28, 2009
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