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In the steep mountain jungles on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the rush for environmentally-friendly fuel is endangering the existence of orangutans. Over the past two decades, thousands of acres...
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Barack Obama has been widely criticized for his lack of foreign policy experience. Obama has argued that he understands the world at the grassroots level much better than his Republican opponent John...
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In eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 370,000 people have fled their homes since last December. The conflict centers around fighting between a Tutsi renegade commander,...
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There is not a food crisis in Indonesia -- at least not yet. But the rise in food prices and other basic goods is hitting the poor the hardest. More than half of Indonesia's 235 million are poor. Many...
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Mae Sot, a Southeast Asian trading town on the Thai-Burma border, is one of the places to find out what's happening in Burma (or Myanmar) these days. Despite the military government' promise to hold...
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This year, five senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime are awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity. The trials of the former Khmer Rouge leaders has sparked renewed interest in one of...
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How does a country recover from a genocide? In Rwanda, the government has implemented a traditional system of justice and reconciliation known as the Gacaca courts. The courts are expected to deal...
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Carbon offsetting schemes are designed to invest in renewable energy to offset greenhouse gas emissions. In Uganda, the Uganda Wildlife Authority is one of the agencies that has taken advantage of the...
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In northern Uganda, a rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army has been fighting the government since the mid-1980s in what has become Africa's longest civil war. It is estimated that more than...
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John McCain fought in Vietnam and wants a free-trade agreement with Southeast Asia. Barack Obama grew up in Indonesia during widespread human rights violations. Hillary Clinton highlighted women's...
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In the steep mountain jungles on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the rush for environmentally-friendly fuel is endangering the existence of orangutans. Over the past two decades, thousands of acres... more
Barack Obama has been widely criticized for his lack of foreign policy experience. Obama has argued that he understands the world at the grassroots level much better than his Republican opponent John... more
How does a country recover from a genocide? In Rwanda, the government has implemented a traditional system of justice and reconciliation known as the Gacaca courts. The courts are expected to deal... more
John McCain fought in Vietnam and wants a free-trade agreement with Southeast Asia. Barack Obama grew up in Indonesia during widespread human rights violations. Hillary Clinton highlighted women's... more
