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Las Llamadas
June 2008
Drummers keep the beat while dancers sway down the narrow streets of Barrio Sur in Montevideo, Uruguay. The performance evolved during the colonial area when Africans brought to Uruguay for slave labor used the rhythm of the tambores, or drums to communicate and defy colonialists.
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Chernobyl tourism
June 2008
The site of the world's worst nuclear accident is turning into something of a tourist destination. Jason Margolis took the Chernobyl tour.
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Bhutto assassination
June 2008
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed during a suicide attack while campaigning in Rawalpindi in December. Photographer John Moore was there.
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Diving in the Antilles
May 2008
The World's Alex Gallafent recently went diving off the island of Bonaire. It's a place famous for its pristine coral reef, something that the island takes works hard to protect.
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Parris Island boot camp
May 2008
The World's Katy Clark watched Marine recruits during a "motivational run" at Parris Island.
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Rainy Day in Manaus
May 2008
During his trip to the Amazon region Alex Gallafent went to a market in Manaus, on a rather rainy day.
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Journey up Mt. Everest
May 2008
Rock climber and mountaineer Conrad Anker describes what it's like to climb Mt. Everest using the main route up the north side of the mountain.
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Indian folk opera
March 2008
Indian professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area want to connect with their roots. One man is helping them -- through 'Nautanki' - a kind of folk opera that's popular in rural India.
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Mexico's drug war
March 2008
Mexico's police are no match for the nation's powerful drug cartels. So Mexico's president has deployed the nation's Army. The World's Lorne Matalon traveled along with a Mexican Army unit, tracking traffickers.
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Coca: Yes! - Cocaine: No!
March 2008
Coca leaves are part of traditional Bolivian culture. Coca is not cocaine, but it's the plant that provides the main ingredient in cocaine. Bolivia's President Morales has pushed for increasing the legal uses of coca leaves -- while clamping down on the illegal uses.
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Bhutan in transition
March 2008
National Geographic's Brook Larmer talks about his trip to Bhutan.
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Migrants in Mexico
February 2008
The World's Lorne Matalon reports on Mexico's other immigration problem -- undocumented immigrants entering Mexico from Central America.
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Jamaica graveyard
February 2008
It was in Kingston that a cemetery of more than 300 graves in Kingston, Jamaica was restored in February. Buried there are some of Jamaica's first settlers: European Jews. Marco Werman has more
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Religion in Nigeria
February 2008
Lisa Mullins talks with The Atlantic magazine's Eliza Griswold about reporting in Nigeria's middle belt, and the history of religious tensions in the region. Photos: Seamus Murphy.
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Entertaining the troops
February 2008
Live entertainment has long been a successful morale-booster for US troops abroad. Katy Clark reports on how today's entertainers are recruited for USO performances.
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Art and the Iraq war
February 2008
Alex Gallafent examines how American artists portray the war in Iraq and its consequences. From photographs of wounded soldiers to recordings about the meaning of freedom, art is a key part of how Americans are trying to make sense of the war.
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Scotland's phones
February 2008
In the Scottish Highlands phone booths are in danger of becoming a thing of the past, but not without a fight. David Leveille tells us how communities there are banding together to save their 'phone boxes'.
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Kate Moran's Arctic research
January 2008
Kate Moran studies the history of climate change in the Arctic. Her team has also found potential sources of oil and coal. If exploited, those resources could actually contribute to the global warming that is rapidly melting Arctic ice.
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Gaza crisis
January 2008
Quil Lawrence reports how Palestinians in Gaza are grappling with a blockade that has crippled the local economy.
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The world's worst airports
January 2008
Martin Hickman, consumer affairs reporter for London's Independent newspaper, takes us to airports around the world with the worst kind of reputations.
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Pakistan and the U.S. elections
January 2008
Mary Kay Magistad reports on how Pakistanis view the US presidential race. Many Pakistani say the US vote in November will impact their country because the United States has a lot to do with what happens in Pakistan.
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Turkish postcards
January 2008
The World's Alex Gallafent visited Turkey and brought back these old postcards.
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