Unit One Arts and CultureSection AAfrica’s Media Leaders Gather in Lagos2 Section BMurdoch Closes Paper as Free News Squeeze Begins11 Section CConcert Tours Manage to Stay Strong in a Weak Economy13Unit Two Entertainment and TrendsSection A‘This Is It’: No. 1, but Still Disappointing16 Section BMichael Jackson’s This Is It (2009) The Pop Spectacular That Almost Was25 Section CObituaries 2009: Michael Jackson30Unit Three EnvironmentSection AGlobal Media Unite over Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Editorial36 Section BAl Gore Set to Be First Carbon Billionaire44 Section CCiao, Ciao, Venice48Unit Four SportsSection ABBC Sports Personality of the Year54 Section BDing Junhui Grinds down John Higgins to Win Second UK Title64 Section CWomen’s Boxing Gains Olympic Spot67Unit Five HealthSection AObama Seeks AFLCIO Support in Healthcare Fight72 Section BMaternal Mortality across the World80 Section CBeing Healthy Is a Popularity Contest84Unit Six EconomySection AMore of World’s Talented Workers Opt to Leave USA90 Section BRecession Moves Migration Patterns99 Section CMarketers Can Learn from Rio’s Olympic Victory103Unit Seven Society and LifeSection AHold Hands? No Thanks108 Section BThe Children of 9/11 Grow Up116 Section CSouth Koreans Struggle with Race120Unit Eight PoliticsSection AThe Obama Show124 Section BNobel Prize Win ‘Humbles’ Obama135 Section CWhy Won’t Obama Be Europe’s Friend?140Unit Nine TravelSection AKenya: Ecotourism Seen as Best Bet against Climate Change146 Section BSurviving the Talkative Airplane Seatmate154 Section CTop Ten Film Footsteps159Unit Ten Science and TechnologySection AWeb to Be Truly Worldwide at Last164 Section BThe New Musical Instrument: Your Phone173 Section CHow Far Will Google Wave Go?178