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Students Lead Movement to Bring Peace to Darfur

Mark Hanis is a young activist for the Darfur cause. He leads a group called the Genocide Intervention Network that has raised $250,000 for the African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur.

Students Lead Movement to Bring Peace to Darfur

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Rally Demands Attention for Sudan's Darfur Region

Thousands gather Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., demanding an end to genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. Celebrities, politicians, religious leaders and demonstrators urge President Bush to use his office to strengthen the multinational force protecting Darfur civilians.

Rally Demands Attention for Sudan's Darfur Region

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Remembering Army Cpl. Scott Bandhold

Army Cpl. Scott Bandhold, who met his death in Iraq, joined the service late in life. As Kathleen Horan of member station WNYC reports, he traveled the world as a dancer before knee problems ended that career.

Remembering Army Cpl. Scott Bandhold

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Saturday

Education

New Hampshire Students Bid to Save Kenyan Tongue

A Kenyan scholar is on a quest to preserve his unwritten native language, Kisii. As Kerry Grens of New Hampshire Public Radio reports, he's getting help from from fellow students at the University of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Students Bid to Save Kenyan Tongue

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Yemeni Women Testing Traditional Roles

In Yemen, women are challenging the laws and traditions that have kept them out of politics and the work force. Two women who are challenging the system are a hotel owner and a presidential candidate.

Yemeni Women Testing Traditional Roles

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Reflections of a Liberian Environmental Activist

Goldman Environmental Prize winner Silas Siakor's reports on illegal logging in Liberia helped persuade the U.N. Security Council to ban Liberian timber exports. That stripped warlords of key income and led to political change. Siakor looks back... and forward.

Reflections of a Liberian Environmental Activist

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The Immigration Debate

Sudanese Refugees Find New Home in Maine

The largest Sudanese immigrant population in the United States is now in Portland, Maine. About 2,000 people have arrived in the past 12 years, fleeing civil war and genocide in Sudan.

Sudanese Refugees Find New Home in Maine

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Parting Thoughts from Amnesty's Schulz

The outgoing head of Amnesty International USA, William Schulz, reflects on his 12-year tenure. He remains concerned about Darfur, and what the Guantanamo Bay detention camp says about the Bush administration's approach to human rights.

Parting Thoughts from Amnesty's Schulz

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Friday

Georgia May Face Breakaway by Armenians

This month, Georgia and its former colonial ruler, Russia, signed an agreement for the withdrawal of a Russian military base from the Georgian town of Alkhankalaki. The predominantly Armenian inhabitants of the impoverished military town are furious. As a result, the locals -- most of whom don't speak the language of government in Tbilisi -- may press for autonomy.

Georgia May Face Breakaway by Armenians

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Iran Most Active in Terrorism, Says State Dept.

Iran remains the most active state sponsor of terrorism, and suicide bombings are up worldwide, says the State Department in its just-released annual report on global terrorism. Among the trends it identifies: More than half the deaths from global terror attacks in 2005 were in Iraq. And al-Qaida leaders are losing some control over global terrorist activity.

Iran Most Active in Terrorism, Says State Dept.

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Problems Plague Ambitious Irrigation Plan in Africa

Tanzania hopes to jump-start its agricultural production by dramatically increasing the use of irrigation. But existing schemes have had significant, but unintended, consequences: power outages, dried-up rivers, and little, if any, growth in crop yields.

Problems Plague Ambitious Irrigation Plan in Africa

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U.S.'s Cultural Ignorance Fuels Iraq Insurgency

The U.S. military's lack of cultural understanding of Iraq helped create the conditions for the insurgency there, according to a military adviser who has written a new book on the insurgency.

U.S.'s Cultural Ignorance Fuels Iraq Insurgency

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