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The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour: Jamil Abu-Wardeh on TED.com

Jamil Abu-Wardeh jump-started the comedy scene in the Arab world by founding the Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour, which brings standup ...

Aug 19, 2010
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Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?: Maz Jobrani on TED.com

A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American...

Aug 19, 2010
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Pakistan floods bring out TED Fellows community

Upwards of 20 million people are suffering from the massive flooding in Pakistan, according to the United Nations — more than the numb...

Aug 19, 2010
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Meet Milo, the virtual boy: Peter Molyneux on TED.com

Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft’s Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real...

Aug 18, 2010
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Our century’s greatest injustice: Sheryl WuDunn on TED.com

Sheryl WuDunn‘s book “Half the Sky” investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in d...

Aug 17, 2010
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OTP hits 10,000 translations

Today TED’s Open Translation Project published the 10,000th TEDTalk translation! In May 2009, we launched the translation project in a...

Aug 16, 2010
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How big brands can help save biodiversity: Jason Clay on TED.com

Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF’s Jason Clay says global markets can protect the planet our consumption has...

Aug 16, 2010
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Imogen Heap wants your nature film

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oATdiw2XQGk] In the video above (filmed during TEDGlobal 2010’s punting party at the River Che...

Aug 13, 2010
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The whole wide world: Today’s TEDTalks playlist of fan favorites

(It’s the last day of TED’s annual two-week break; we’ve been posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive.) TED fans have spoken...

Aug 13, 2010
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