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Director hits back at critics of Taylor Swift’s African video

September 2, 2015 admin africa, america, blank-space, director-kahn, mtv, speaks-as-swift, taylor-swift, video, video-music, wildest-dreams

The director of Taylor Swift's new music video set in Africa struck back on Wednesday at mounting criticism of the scarcity of black people in the mini-film and its romanticized portrayal of the continent. “Wildest Dreams,” a love story filmed against a backdrop of giraffes, lions, waterfalls and stunning sunsets, has been viewed more than 15 million times since it was released on Monday to accompany the American pop superstar's latest single.

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Syria’s ailing water network could spark epidemics: Red Cross

September 2, 2015 publisher africa, conflict, director-kahn, divided-cities, fill-containers, icrc, mtv, speaks-as-swift, threat, water-supplies

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria's water network, heavily damaged by bombs and shelling, is at risk of collapse as its civil war drags on, increasing the threat of deadly typhoid or cholera outbreaks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. Millions of people in Aleppo and Damascus are cut off from water supplies for days at a time, a tactic used by all warring sides to exert control in divided cities, the ICRC said. ICRC aid workers have helped water boards and engineers to maintain and repair aging pumping stations throughout Syria since the conflict began in March 2011