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  1. @AvrilBenoit You could try calling it "totally not cholera, we promise" about 10 hours ago from web in reply to AvrilBenoit
  2. @AvrilBenoit Ooh, that's another that gets old fast. about 10 hours ago from web in reply to AvrilBenoit
  3. I am really, really tired of the term "sputum smear." about 10 hours ago from web
  4. Wow. Phthalates linked to ADHD http://www.upi.com/Health_N... about 20 hours ago from web
  5. Givewell on hunger in the US and overseas http://blog.givewell.net/?p... about 21 hours ago from web
  6. I don;t know what will happen to Detroit http://voices.washingtonpos... 2:17 AM Nov 26th from web
  7. Thought piece on honesty & aid effectiveness http://bit.ly/6Lacud 11:55 AM Nov 25th from web
  8. @caroldn I think it was an excuse 10:23 AM Nov 25th from web in reply to caroldn
  9. Learning from mass microfinance defaults http://adjix.com/njn8 10:05 AM Nov 25th from web
  10. Now following @timharford, the undercover economist 9:50 AM Nov 25th from web
  11. @theosmart because of culture, poverty, or both? or something else? 3:45 AM Nov 25th from web in reply to theosmart
  12. @ryanbriggs I shall cling to that. 3:25 AM Nov 25th from web in reply to ryanbriggs
  13. Most orphans really aren't http://www.straitstimes.com... 3:22 AM Nov 25th from web
  14. @NaheedMustafa That is exactly the advice I needed. I can do that. Thank you so much! 8:51 PM Nov 24th from web in reply to NaheedMustafa
  15. @Transitionland That was what I thought, but then I was thinking maybe there is some kind of academic/journal etiquette going on here... 8:46 PM Nov 24th from web in reply to Transitionland
  16. @gastropoda That's a whole lot of umami 8:43 PM Nov 24th from web in reply to gastropoda
  17. Dear other guy, I think you're wrong, here's why? 8:43 PM Nov 24th from web
  18. @evanoneil Hah! 8:37 PM Nov 24th from web in reply to evanoneil
  19. Question: my editor says I should send the link to the author of the Foreign Affairs piece I'm responding to. Makes sense but what do I say? 8:31 PM Nov 24th from web
  20. My Afghanistan/Tajikistan piece is up at UN Dispatch: http://www.undispatch.com/n... 8:30 PM Nov 24th from web
  • Name Alanna Shaikh
  • Location Central Asia
  • Web http://www.alanna...
  • Bio International development optimist and skeptic, global health blogger, writer for UN Dispatch, TED India fellow
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