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TV game show for deported immigrants pushes boundaries
A Dutch TV game show is giving rejected asylum seekers the chance to win nearly $6,000 to start a new life after they are deported.
Engineering a man-made mountain in Holland
Dozens of engineers and enthusiasts are trying to figure out how to build a mile-high mountain in a very flat, low country: the Netherlands.
Saving Haiti's art and culture
Haiti's art is in peril after the earthquake ravaged churches and other homes of Haiti's cultural heritage -- saving that art could help with the country's recovery.
Wives of deported immigrants a growing online community
Wives of deported immigrants detail their daily struggles with each other online – from enduring long separations to dealing with complicated legal processes.
Birthplace of evolutionary theory now inhabited by creationists
The Galapagos Islands gave Darwin evidence to support his theory of evolution, but today, a growing number of people who call it home don't believe in evolution.
Fighting climate change with Buddhism, not science
A group of monks from remote Cambodia are protecting their local forests and fighting climate change with Buddhism, not science, as the inspiration.
France's super-rich: Raise our taxes, s'il vous plait
Instead of avoiding taxes during tough economic times, France's super rich have signed a petition asking the government to raise their taxes.
Africa's HIV-positive women pressured not to have children
Across Africa, there have been organized efforts to prevent HIV-positive women from having children -- some are being paid, others being sterilized without their consent.
Locating Libya's looted weapons
The big worry once fighting in Libya is over: locating all the weapons looted from Libyan army depots over the last six months.
Russian conspiracy theories and Roswell UFO
Roswell UFO was actually a Russian spy plane flown by Nazi mutants -- this and other conspiracy theories that Russians don't find so far-fetched.
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