In front of 200,000 people in Berlin, Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama delivered a speech emphasizing environmental concerns and world peace.
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The Hazaras (possibly descended from Genghis Khan) have long been treated as outsiders and infidels, condemned to menial labor and ethnic cleansing by the Taliban.
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The tension between Russia and Georgia has remained even after a ceasefire agreement had been executed. President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have both...
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A young Afghan kite fighting champion living in an encircled city pledges to keep flying kites despite threats of a Taliban takeover.
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The Zimbabwe elections are over but the political discourse seems to have just begun. The White House has joined many other countries around the world in voicing a...
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Devastation and death has been the result of a tropical cyclone making landfall in Myanmar. Formerly known as Burma, Myanmar's (military) government is...
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After weeks of unrest, the Chinese government has handpicked a select group of journalists to enter Tibets capital Lhasa. Meanwhile, protests continue throughout...
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed by a gun and bomb attack at an election rally in Rawalpindi. At least 20 others are also confirmed dead.
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On Tuesday, November 4th, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States of America. In his acceptance speech Obama declared, "a new dawn of American...
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Kiruna is a small mining town in the north of Sweden. Recently the mining company, LKAB, discovered that the deformations zones created by the mining eventually will...
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The Raramuri--also called Tarahumara by outsiders--are some of the last people in North America who continue to live a traditional, subsistence way of life.The...
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VC2 producer Carlos Aguilar has heard about the bargains across the Mexico Border but in this pod he'll put those rumors to the test. Carlos will get his teeth...
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Peace groups in Sierra Leone offer women an alternative to the big business of female genital mutilation.
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When America invaded Iraq in 2003, residents of border countries like Iran wondered what would happen to them if the US ever invaded. Some attribute the growing...
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Protestors interrupt a rally for Presidential candidate Barack Obama at the University of Miami. The protesters are believed to be a part of "Michael Warns"...
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Profile of Grover Vineyards, one of only two vineyards in India.
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Turkey, with 70 million people, the majority of them being Muslim, has long been seen as a leading example of western values co-existing with Islam. To achieve that,...
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As the pressures on students to over-perform and competition for admission to the top universities increases, so do the suicide rates of young adults across India.
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Each year, French film director Luc Besson organizes an open air film festival in several Parisian suburbs, places which are generally considered no-go areas, where...
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