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  1. My column is up: Growing evidence that chemicals called phthalates are damaging our health. Scary stuff. http://tinyurl.com/nuq6wk
  2. Reporting on maternal mortality...watched drs save a 19-year-old mother with a c-section. But her baby boy died an hour later. Heart-rending
  3. Always amazes me how Dubai can turn a desert into an international airport hub. Checking emails in transit here.
  4. RT @scottharrison of @charitywater: $36,600 in online donations Sunday + Monday = 7 villages and 1800 people with clean water
  5. I'm at Kennedy airport heading to...well, I don't want to say for security reasons. Pounding out my Thursday column from U.S. in advance.
  6. BBC reports women in Sudan being flogged for wearing trousers, 10 to 40 lashes: http://tinyurl.com/mu9lla .
  7. A critical take by New Republic on Obama's point man for Sudan: http://tinyurl.com/lbq4ns . All carrots, no sign of sticks?
  8. Watching 2 trains abt to wreck: Arbitration for Abyei in Sudan expected July 22, may trigger new war between N and S Sudan.
  9. My column tells of a former druggie who starts a charity that has become amazingly successful: http://tinyurl.com/nd4r68. Lessons for us all
  10. RT @jaketapper Eating dinner in Ghana, reminded once again what actual chicken looks like as opposed to the steroid volleyballs in US
  11. Obama visited clinic in Ghana, highlighted malaria and maternal mortality. 500k women die in childbirth annually!
  12. G8 summit this yr was pathetic, espec on climate change. Rare bright spot was Obama's agricultural aid effort for Africa.
  13. Obama's Africa visit is a time he must speak bluntly about Darfur and all Sudan. C'mon, Mr. President, find your voice!
  14. Instead of indignation at Obama supposedly checking out a tush, how about outrage at mass rape unfolding in Congo?
  15. For years, the world capital for rape has been war-torn Congo. Oxfam now reports rape there is rising to even higher levels.
  16. Ghana is one of Africa's success stories, politically and economically, and deserves the spotlight from Obama visit. Go, Ghana!
  17. What am I worth? No, don't answer that!!! RT @paidContent NYT Tests Online Pay Scenarios On Print Subscribers http://tinyurl.com/lvv5x9
  18. At G8 summit, photos of leaders and their Moms are beamed about, to get them to think about maternal mortality. Hope it works.
  19. Are humanitarians the worst marketers in the world? Lessons for bleeding hearts... My column is up: http://tinyurl.com/lnlge2
  20. RT @LiberateLaura New petition launched for amnesty for Laura & Euna (US journalists imprisoned in N. Korea): http://bit.ly/TTCwF