Tweets of Note: #1millionshirts, World AIDS Vaccine Day, Observations from the Congo etc.

Notable links, sharp wit and newsy bits from the last 24 hours or so.

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   nwadhams At long last: My Time story on the #1millionshirts saga http://bit.ly/df7SLC 12 May 2010 from TweetDeck
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   ithorpe Now that's a real development aid action hero @cynan_sez 12 May 2010 from UberTwitter
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   IdealistNYC I blame @CNN for this disgustingly UN-newsworthy piece. http://ow.ly/1KdcD (from @talesfromthhood) 12 May 2010 from web
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   AIDSvaccine World #AIDS #Vaccine Day is Tuesday! Check out this resource page w/news, events, videos, statements & reports http://bit.ly/dfp7Td #HIV 13 May 2010 from web
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   NickKristof Today I found that Congo clinics demand that women wanting family planning prove husband's consent. An absurd hurdle. 13 May 2010 from web

NYT Columnist Kristof Heads to Africa with Win-a-Trip Winner

Nicholas Kristof is off with the winner of his annual contest for students.

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   NickKristof At JFK airport, heading out on this year's Win-a-Trip journey. This year it's Gabon, the two Congos and Angola. Suggestions? 08 May 2010 from web

This year's winner, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student who has never been abroad, blogged about his preparation and thoughts ahead of the trip.

Is The Globe and Mail's Special Africa Edition Neglecting Africans?

In response to the news that Bono and Bob Geldof will edit Monday's special issue of the newspaper:

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   brendanbaker Globe & Mail celebrating 'The African Century'...with Geldof and Bono. Can we actually find Africans please? @geoffreyyork @snolen 06 May 2010 from TweetDeck
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   geoffreyyork @brendanbaker Don't worry, there'll be lots of Africans in our special edition; writers as well as subjects. It will be a strong edition. 06 May 2010 from web
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   brendanbaker @geoffreyyork Sounds good. I Have faith in you and Stephanie N. Just put off that it's still mktd with stale Western advocates tho. thx 06 May 2010 from web in reply to geoffreyyork