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The fate of journalists kidnapped in Syria is a terrifying mystery. As of press time, at least 30 journalists, as well as a number of humanitarian actors, are languishing in captivity. In only a few cases do their colleagues or employers know where they are or who is determining their fate. In almost no cases have their captors made any effort to communicate. It is as if these unlucky men and women have simply disappeared. Covering wars is of course, a dangerous job; that's one of the things many war correspondents like about it. But Syria is dangerous in a way that is less thrilling than sickening. It is the apocalyptic mind-set of Islamic extremists that has, more than anything else, produced an existential threat to journalists -- though not only to them. Few Syrian journalists who have been kidnapped since August 2013 have been released. Adapted from the source document.

China's greatest catastrophe came during its 'Great Leap Forward' era, when at least 45 million people died of starvation over a period of four years. Virtually no photographic evidence of this period remains, as the Red Guards, Mao's armed revolutionaries probably destroyed much of it, but it's a good guess that photographs of the famines are still locked away in party vaults. Why does China still hide evidence of its own mass starvation? Adapted from the source document.

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In Brazil basismo has evolved from a libertarian discourse encouraged by the Church to a more institutionalised activity centred on local and international NGOs, with their increasingly managerial priorities.

"A nonfiction picture book tracing the repercussions of what would happen if polar bears disappeared from our planet. The freezing ecosystem in the far north of the globe is home to many different kinds of animals. They can be strong like a walrus, tough like a lemming, and sometimes hard to see like the polar bear. Their habitat is melting at an alarming rate. As the Arctic ice melts, polar bears are threatened with extinction, which could affect their environment in negative ways. Lily Williams explores how such a loss would affect other environments and animals across the Arctic and the negative impact across the planet."--