New Generation Revolutionizes Environmental Activism Environmental activists have relied on public pressure, boycotts and confrontation to advance their cause over the past few decades. Now, a new generation of eco-warriors is revolutionizing environ

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Violence on Rise in Iraq's Oil-Rich Kirkuk Area Four months ago, Tuz Khormatu, a sleepy town 80 kilometers southeast of Kirkuk, became the new frontline between Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region and the central government. Political tensions over

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Don: I'm trying to write a poem to my sweetheart. Can you think of a good metaphor for love? Yael: How about hunger or thirst? D: I don't know about that. I was thinking something like love is a rose, except less clich. Y: You must be talking about a

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EXPLORATIONS -August 28, 2002: Rio Grande, Part 1 By Oliver Chanler VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 November 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says inter-ethnic violence is increasing in eastern Chad. It says an interagency mission reports a recent spate of attacks in the Kerfi area, southwest of Goz Beida, has also extended t

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 09 November 2006 Last week five died in Ivory Coast during battles between a militia and the local population. Some say this kind of violent disorder has been planned. Herv Tailly watches the images of the burning camp on his m

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