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sciencehabit writes "China and India are some of the world's top polluters, with countless cars, factories, and households belching more than 2 million metric tons of carbon soot and other dark pollutants into the air every year. The pall hanging over the region has come to be known as 'the Asian brown cloud.' These pollutants aren't just bad news for the countries themselves. A new study reveals that they can affect climate thousands of kilometers away, warming the United States by up to 0.4C by 2024, while cooling other regions (abstract)."

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ainandil writes "Facebook may have to alter its data use policy now that grassrooters have driven enough complaints about the company's proposed data usage policy to trigger a user vote on the matter. 'Facebook's proposed changes to its data use policy include new explanations of its data deletion practices as well as the controls that users have over the sharing of information with third-party applications. However, 47,824 users commented on the plans with many posting opposition to the planned new terms and instead calling for the chance to vote on the "demands" outlined by Europe-v-Facebook.' Does this mean the days of the man-in-the-middle attack as social media are numbered?"

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Hullo all!

Submissions Guidelines for Issue Three of Cabinet des Fees's Demeter's Spicebox are now up!

We have chosen the Aarne-​​Thompson type 2031C, The Mouse Who Was To Marry The Sun for Issue Three, do refer to the guidelines for the additional prompts!


Reading Period: 5 APRIL 2012 onwards (until we get the perfect two stories for the next issue).

Do bear in mind that you will need to read the stories from Issue One and Issue Two, as this is a storytelling project and the prompts reflect this. DS runs in Volumes of four issues each, and each Volume will start with a fresh set of prompts.

If you have any questions or doubts, feel free to email us at demeterspice (gmail) in April!

Best,

Nin Harris

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18224559#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18224559

Western nations step up criticism of the Syrian regime over Friday's massacre in Houla, but Damascus denies involvement and blames "terrorists".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18224875#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18224875

A Nato air strike has killed eight members of a family in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, according to local officials.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18225010#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18225010

Manmohan Singh begins an official visit to Burma, the first by an Indian prime minister for 25 years, aiming to deepen trade and diplomatic ties.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18224004#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18224004

Two rebel groups that seized northern Mali two months ago agree to merge and turn their territory into an Islamist state, both sides say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18224783#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18224783

Lady Gaga cancels a concert in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, citing security concerns, after protests by religious groups.