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City University London – International Reporting, June 2011 A leaked cable from the Halifax consulate, released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, says although uranium mining would bring economical benefits to Atlantic Canada, the region’s devoted anti-uranium mining campaigners make it a political impossibility. The cable, released in May 2008, says mounting fuel prices and an…
Record payment for Irish pet store worker who got brain disease from parrot
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Study reveals deadly genetic mix of Germany’s E. coli bug
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Dalia Lourenço
Communications professional with a background in print, web and broadcast journalism. Lived worked and lived in over seven countries working with various organisations including the European Commission and the World Health Organization. Holds a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) from the University of King’s College, Canada and an MA International Broadcast Journalism from City University London….
The end of photojournalism in Russia
By Dalia Lourenço Photojournalist Dimitri Koshcheev stops to take pictures of people raking leaves in a park on Nevsky Prospekt, the main avenue in St. Petersburg, Russia. No one cares. When he carried his camera in the same city during communist times, people would often approach him, suspecting he was a spy. Russian photographers have…