• Bhutan wants a happier world 15-May-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about Bhutan’s warning against global materialism.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

    Here are descriptions of this week’s activities for each language level:

    Easy:

    Deciding whether statements about the

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  • Karakoram glaciers defy trend 08-May-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about recent studies that show that global warming is not affecting the Karakoram glaciers.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

    Here are descriptions of this week’s

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  • News item with interactive activities now live on MEC 01-May-2012

    Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of our new-style news item!

    We are now publishing a weekly news item that includes interactive activities, in response to feedback from MEC customers.

    These activities have been graded to suit each of the three language levels: Easy, Average and Difficult. The activities focus on

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  • Empty nets fuel crisis fears 24-Apr-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the impact that overfishing is having on Senegal’s fishing communities.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

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  • Trouble in store when society gets old before it gets rich 17-Apr-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about China’s ageing population and the problems this could cause in the future.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

    Kerstin

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  • New president says he wants to free Germans of their angst over past 10-Apr-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the election of Joachim Gauck as German president. As an East German, Gauck’s election could signal integration between east and west Germany.

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  • Fukushima’s legacy: a nuclear-free Japan? 03-Apr-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the impact that the nuclear accident at Fukushima has had on Japanese public opinion regarding nuclear power.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

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  • Art team says it has found ‘lost’ fresco 27-Mar-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the search for Da Vinci’s lost fresco, The Battle of Anghiari. The fresco hasn’t been seen for five centuries but now researchers believe they may have found it.

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  • Somalia’s oil 13-Mar-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about oil drilling in Somalia. The estimated oil deposits could make Somalia the seventh largest oil-rich nation in the world.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area

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  • Malnutrition kills 2.6 million children a year 06-Mar-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about a recent survey by the charity Save the Children. The survey found that millions of children in developing countries are ill because of the food they eat.

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  • Greece’s economic crisis 28-Feb-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the economic crisis in Greece. After years of economic recession, new budget cuts in return for further foreign loans could bring Greece closer to economic collapse.

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  • How Finland is helping newcomers fit in 21-Feb-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about increasing immigration to Finland and how the Finnish education department has responded to the challenge.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

    Kerstin

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  • African Twitter map shows how continent is getting connected 14-Feb-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about a survey into how Twitter is used in Africa.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen.

    Kerstin

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  • Stay-away tourists alarm Egypt 07-Feb-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about Egypt’s tourism industry. Since the revolution in 2011, the number of tourists visiting Egypt has declined rapidly affecting many sectors of the economy.

    You can find this story in the News Items section

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  • Article throws yoga devotees off balance 31-Jan-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about a controversial magazine article which claimed that people can seriously hurt themselves doing yoga. Many yoga followers have disputed the claims but some people support them.
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