A Sampling of Clips for January 15^th, 2008

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Voting and the Violence in Kenya
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Jan. 15 -- Much of the coverage from Kenya portrays recent voting and subsequent violence as motivated by deep-seated tribal animosity between the country's ethnic groups. This approach largely ignores the complexities of the current political crisis and fails to provide a viable way forward. The voting and fighting are more a repudiation of an entrenched political coalition that has lead the country since before the advent of multiparty democracy. (Written by James De Long, a doctoral student in political science at UCSD and a visiting researcher at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Nairobi) More

Treasury's McCormick Says China's Growth Harming Environment
Bloomberg, Jan. 14 -- China must do more to prevent its booming economy and rising energy consumption from further damaging the environment, the U.S. Treasury's top international official said. "China's rapid economic growth has come at a terrible cost to its air, water and soil," David McCormick, Treasury's undersecretary for international affairs, said in the text of a speech at a forum at UCSD. More

International Stem Cell Corp. Joins Eye Surgery Trial
North County Times, Jan. 14 -- Shares of International Stem Cell Corp. rose nearly 19 percent Monday after the company said it will supply corneal cells for human trials in an effort to improve vision correction surgery. Dr. Paul H. Chen is conducting the trial with the UCSD Shiley Eye Center, the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, the University of Michigan and other centers. More