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>>reporter: that's why african leaders and international health experts came together in johannesburg recently -- they want to build a grass roots movement to offer hope to the next generation. >>odinga: nutrition is a subject that appears like a new subject in many of these nations, but is a very important subject. i wish that many countries, all the countries of africa could have nutrition as ranking high in the policy-making organization. i wish they could make it very important, because it isthe beginning. if you don't have your people fed properly where are you going to? what is the future of your nation? >>machel: we have a monumental task in front of us. it will take us actually, twenty, fifty years to overcome completely malnutrition....it is true we need fortified food. we need to make it not only fortified but to make sure it gets to everyone. >>reporter: one vital player is the global alliance for improved nutrition, or gain which is implementing public-private partnerships to fortify staple foods across the continent. >>: south africa has led the way - but wants industry t
>>reporter: that's why african leaders and international health experts came together in johannesburg recently -- they want to build a grass roots movement to offer hope to the next generation. >>odinga: nutrition is a subject that appears like a new subject in many of these nations, but is a very important subject. i wish that many countries, all the countries of africa could have nutrition as ranking high in the policy-making organization. i wish they could make it very important,...
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the fleet of crowded buses that swarm johannesburg and cape town lake pingree buzzing bees. pool owns the house and who cleans it. mandela has come and gone from the main stage and voters are preparing to elect their third president enough to launch this is 2008 again. but the defining truth is laid of land now as always the darker your skin the poor do our. what good is a dummy prisoner of your jailer looks like cuba does not set you free? black south africans turned to one of their own to govern but wasted the opportunity to transform the values opposed on their country by outsiders and he can hardly bear the thought of, repeating the mistake. in south africa's case, lee believes the mistake was looking at the west generally and to washington, d.c. specifically to solve the problems of african people. and as was the case with apartheid there's nothing in americans fetish for democracy but the free-market for people of color. what is it the cubin -- what is it the cubans say? each day in the world to hundred million people sleep in the streets, not one of them is in cuba. c
the fleet of crowded buses that swarm johannesburg and cape town lake pingree buzzing bees. pool owns the house and who cleans it. mandela has come and gone from the main stage and voters are preparing to elect their third president enough to launch this is 2008 again. but the defining truth is laid of land now as always the darker your skin the poor do our. what good is a dummy prisoner of your jailer looks like cuba does not set you free? black south africans turned to one of their own to...
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it was a chance find near johannesburg. >> here in this dramatic landscape is where it all began, the cradle of humankind. it is beneath the soil, the mysteries of our ancestors. now, and little boy, his father, and his dog had stumbled across an amazing find. >> i tend to walk over and then i saw the collar bone. i did not know what it was. i thought it was an antelope. i called my father over. he started swearing. what did i do wrong? nothing, nothing, you found a common it. >> this is an early human. >> this is a small person that was a live 1.9 million years ago. >> just a few meters away in this case, they discovered the skeleton of an adult child -- adult and child. >> the second skeleton i found it right there. we would not find out that this child, it is just 50 centimeters. they were there to get there. they knew each other in life and died at the same time. -- they were there together. >> now this extraordinary piece of detective work has revealed vital crews -- clues of the exact shape of the family tree. >> more of the species will be identified. >> safely at the universit
it was a chance find near johannesburg. >> here in this dramatic landscape is where it all began, the cradle of humankind. it is beneath the soil, the mysteries of our ancestors. now, and little boy, his father, and his dog had stumbled across an amazing find. >> i tend to walk over and then i saw the collar bone. i did not know what it was. i thought it was an antelope. i called my father over. he started swearing. what did i do wrong? nothing, nothing, you found a common it....
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bbc news, johannesburg. >> this could revolutionize our view of global warming.cientists say the best way to monitor changes in the polar ice caps is from space, and a new satellite has been launched to do that. we have this from mission control in germany. >> our position is go for launch. >> the europe space control center in germany. the mission is to understand what is happening to the polar ice. lift off from an underground satellite -- silo in causing son, a satellite. -- silo in kazakhstan. here we go again. he has waited 12 long years for this, but soon news comes through. the satellite is in orbit. [applause] there is relief all around. >> it was a very long wait. it is nice. >> the satellite will fly over the arctic and the antarctic and radar should give the most accurate picture so far of how these polar regions are changing, measuring the thickness of the ice. >> what we do know is that the ice in both polls is retreating. what we do not know is how fast it is retreating and we do not know how fast that is infecting the ocean as around the eyes. -- a
bbc news, johannesburg. >> this could revolutionize our view of global warming.cientists say the best way to monitor changes in the polar ice caps is from space, and a new satellite has been launched to do that. we have this from mission control in germany. >> our position is go for launch. >> the europe space control center in germany. the mission is to understand what is happening to the polar ice. lift off from an underground satellite -- silo in causing son, a satellite....
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in these hills, just 50 minutes from johannesburg, in what is called the cradle of humankind. we humans came from africa. and scientists here have spent the better part of a century looking for fragments of our earliest ancestors. >> berger: there's probably nowhere else on planet earth that has a denser, better record of... of human origins than... than this land right here. >> simon: yet berger had been searching for fossils in caves here for years and hadn't found much of anything. so he started a mapping project using a very modern tool, google earth. he discovered some 500 caves in the region, which no scientists had ever explored. >> berger: and then i started walking. and i walked a lot, hundreds of kilometers. >> simon: berger was walking through the malapa nature reserve with his trusted dog tau, his nine-year-old son mathew, and his colleague, job kibii. and you came up with mathew and job. >> berger: that's right. >> simon: sounds like a biblical expedition. >> berger: it...( laughs ) it does, doesn't it? >> simon: they came across a cave, and that was the beginning
in these hills, just 50 minutes from johannesburg, in what is called the cradle of humankind. we humans came from africa. and scientists here have spent the better part of a century looking for fragments of our earliest ancestors. >> berger: there's probably nowhere else on planet earth that has a denser, better record of... of human origins than... than this land right here. >> simon: yet berger had been searching for fossils in caves here for years and hadn't found much of...
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oakland, you see basically the unemployment rate that is fair world, the same as what you see in johannesburg's south africa. and so it seems almost like a distraction. it's not that big a deal like don't think personally, my personal opinion is there is so much more to be concerned about. really i think the irony of this book and barack obama is that at the time we appoint this black president we are really black people, african-americans are isolated from the mainstream from our neighbors in an effort at any point in the history of america if you think about sort of there is this jim-crow is gone which in some ways to delayed how far we could go and now we have this incredible distance between wealthy african-americans and everybody else which is true of the entire country and that is such a -- that is unsustainable. that is how some communities and some people collapse so i'm just kind of diagnostic on the whole since this issue. >> after we take your question and i don't we see if a woman has a question. >> i grew up in alabama so i know the deep south and am looking to respond to two thing
oakland, you see basically the unemployment rate that is fair world, the same as what you see in johannesburg's south africa. and so it seems almost like a distraction. it's not that big a deal like don't think personally, my personal opinion is there is so much more to be concerned about. really i think the irony of this book and barack obama is that at the time we appoint this black president we are really black people, african-americans are isolated from the mainstream from our neighbors in...
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who sits and serbs, who drives their mercedes to work, the fleet of credit microbuses that swarm johannesburg and cape town and durban like pingree buzzing bees. who owns the house and who cleans it? mandela has come and gone from the main stage and voters are preparing to elect a third black president. this is 2008. but the for defining truth of the land now as always is the darker the skin the poor you are. what good does it to a prisoner of the jailer looks like you but doesn't set you free? black south africans turn to one of their own and to govern but wasted the opportunity to transform the value in post on their country by outsiders and lee can hardly bear the thought of obama repeating the mistake in his adopted country. in south africa's case he believes the mistake was looking to the west generally and washington, d.c. specifically to solve the problems of african people and as was the case with apartheid nothing in america's fetish for either democracy or free market for people of color. what is it that the cubans say? each day in the world to hundred million children sleep in the
who sits and serbs, who drives their mercedes to work, the fleet of credit microbuses that swarm johannesburg and cape town and durban like pingree buzzing bees. who owns the house and who cleans it? mandela has come and gone from the main stage and voters are preparing to elect a third black president. this is 2008. but the for defining truth of the land now as always is the darker the skin the poor you are. what good does it to a prisoner of the jailer looks like you but doesn't set you free?...
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if there was a debt nation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications politically and economically would be did he haevastatindeva >> reporter: it's not something new. we heard it from president clinton and also from president bush, the idea of a terrorist getting a hold of the nuclear materials. what we're hearing from president obama, he does want to create a sense of urgency to motivate them to do something at this time. >> what are his goals for the summit then? >> reporter: very specific and targeted. not dealing with broad things. they want within four years, they want to secure what they are saying are the vulnerable nuclear materials around the globe. they want cooperation from other leaders. what we expect in the next 24 to 48 hours an endorsement to make that happen within four years and recognition that nuclear terrorism is a serious threat and what are they going to do about it within their own borders to make sure the materials are not smuggled out of the countries and get in the hapds of terrorists. >> we'll watch that all day long. suzanne malveaux,
if there was a debt nation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications politically and economically would be did he haevastatindeva >> reporter: it's not something new. we heard it from president clinton and also from president bush, the idea of a terrorist getting a hold of the nuclear materials. what we're hearing from president obama, he does want to create a sense of urgency to motivate them to do something at this time. >> what are his goals for the summit...
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so when he left that area to go to johannesburg and he encountered prejudice for the first time, he encounteredple who treated him as less than human, it wounded him deeply. it affected him deeply. and it changed his whole trajectory in life. he basically realized the rest of my life is dedicated to overturning this because it offended him so deeply because of his sense of self-worth and his sense of self-esteem. african leaders... a.n.c. leaders always used to evaluate each other and say "well, he's very confident." or "he lacks self-confidence." you never hear that here. but that was a very core principle in a way to them because that was something that you had to be to be an african leader in south africa. it was just... it was danger from the beginning of the day to the end of the day everyday. >> how much bitterness does he still contain, though, because he spent 26 years... 27. >> rose: from 1962... >> right, he famously... here's what i'd say going back to your question about strategy and tactics. i think by nature he's someone who's generous. he's someone who sees the good in others but
so when he left that area to go to johannesburg and he encountered prejudice for the first time, he encounteredple who treated him as less than human, it wounded him deeply. it affected him deeply. and it changed his whole trajectory in life. he basically realized the rest of my life is dedicated to overturning this because it offended him so deeply because of his sense of self-worth and his sense of self-esteem. african leaders... a.n.c. leaders always used to evaluate each other and say...
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a detonation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications economically and politicallyt security perspective would be devastating, and we know that organizations like al qaeda are in the process of trying to secure nuclear weapons and other acts of mass destruction and would have no compunction in doing so. fortunately we have a situation where there is a lot of loose -- unfortunately we have a situation where there is a lot of loose nuclear material allow the world. we're getting the international community on a path in which we are locking down that nuclear material in a specific time frame with a specific work plan. i am very pleased that countries have embraced this goal and they're coming to the summit not talking about general statements of support, but very specific focus on how we can solve this international problem. i want the specifically singled out south africa, because south africa is singular in having a nuclear weapons program, moving board, and deciding it was not the right path forward and dismantling it. in seoul this summit has special standing in be
a detonation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications economically and politicallyt security perspective would be devastating, and we know that organizations like al qaeda are in the process of trying to secure nuclear weapons and other acts of mass destruction and would have no compunction in doing so. fortunately we have a situation where there is a lot of loose -- unfortunately we have a situation where there is a lot of loose nuclear material allow the world. we're...
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around the world for years to come, and there -- if there was ever a detonation in new york city or johannesburgthe ramifications economically, politically, and from a security perspective would be devastating. we know organizations like al qaeda are in the process of trying to secure nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction. now we have a situation in which there is a lot of loose nuclear material throughout the world, so the special focus goal of this summit is getting the international community on a path in which we are locking down that nuclear material and a very specific time frame with the specific work plan, and one thing i am very pleased about is countries have embraced this goal, and they are coming to this some of not just to talk about general statements of support, but rather, very specific focus on how we solve this national problem. i want to especially singled out south africa, because south africa is singular in having a nuclear weapons program, having moved forward with it, and decided this was not the right path, dismantled it, and has been a strong, effective le
around the world for years to come, and there -- if there was ever a detonation in new york city or johannesburgthe ramifications economically, politically, and from a security perspective would be devastating. we know organizations like al qaeda are in the process of trying to secure nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction. now we have a situation in which there is a lot of loose nuclear material throughout the world, so the special focus goal of this summit is getting the...
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chances that destructive ideas can emerge from anywhere in the world, whether in the slums of johannesburg- is a wonderful world in which we are able to see -- to give an example of how this is the most optimistic time for those concerned about empowerment of those who are traditionally voiceless. let's get a few more questions. we have a microphone already there. the third question will come to this gentleman here. i will take all three questions, and the panel will interest -- will answer in the interest of efficiency. please be short and to the point. >> i am surprised that you did not mention the great cultural wars that are going on right now. the democratic model in china vs. the united states. the see those as major problems, or a fight for resources? >> the second question, please. >> the panel is called building a global society. we heard about educating women. [unintelligible] >> of great rebuke to the moderator for not keeping people on task. [laughter] >> the link between consumption and the standard of living or quality of life. what is the role that the marketplace in regulat
chances that destructive ideas can emerge from anywhere in the world, whether in the slums of johannesburg- is a wonderful world in which we are able to see -- to give an example of how this is the most optimistic time for those concerned about empowerment of those who are traditionally voiceless. let's get a few more questions. we have a microphone already there. the third question will come to this gentleman here. i will take all three questions, and the panel will interest -- will answer in...