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In Iraq, Iranian Kurd Rebels Hope for Their Moment
ZARKUS, Iraq (Reuters) - From the military bunker which serves as his office, Ibrahim Alizada can glimpse the snow-capped mountains of his homeland as he plots the downfall of Iran's ...
Kashmir Peace Road Carries Hopes of Millions
KAMAN POST, India (Reuters) - The automatic rifles have given way to spades and shovels, heavy artillery to earth movers and soldiers to construction workers.
Ethiopian Jews Battle Poverty, Prejudice in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Once a poor immigrant from Ethiopia, Mehereta Baruch has leapt to fame in Israel as a star on a reality television show.
Poacher Turns Protector to Save Elephants in Africa
CAMP KOMBO, Cameroon (Reuters) - Desire Dontego is no longer an elephant poacher but he can still boast like one.
Gay Travel Industry Booming, in U.S. and Abroad
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (Reuters) - Under blue skies at Heavenly ski resort in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Steve Rowelo tromped through the slushy snow sporting a blond, curly wig ...
Iran's National Car Reaches the End of the Road
KARAJ, Iran (Reuters) - You may be able to smell Iran's boxy national car five minutes before it rattles into view, but the imminent end of its production line has stirred mixed ...
Colombian Kids Tread Safely as Rebels Clear Mines
MICOAHUMADO, Colombia (Reuters) - The children of Micoahumado never had to dream up excuses to stay away from school. They didn't have that luxury.
Bush Pushes Sexual Abstinence for Teens Despite Data
NEW MARKET, Md. (Reuters) - Half a dozen 13-year-old boys munch pizza and slurp soda as they watch a video on how to resist peer pressure.
Florida Lawmakers Race to Act in Feeding Tube Case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida lawmakers are racing to block the removal of severely brain-damaged woman's feeding tube, which has been keeping her alive but is due to be taken ...
African-Americans Offer Hope to African Film
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - "We'll be back," vowed American actor Danny Glover as he prepared to jet out of Africa's top film festival.
Venice Rediscovers Veronese, Symbol of Its Golden Age
VENICE (Reuters) - He was a foreigner with an unconventional taste for excess, but Veronese captured the essence of Venice's lavish 16th century and his oversized, overcrowded paintings ...
Taiwan Aborigines Battle to Save Their Culture
ALISHAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Resplendent in leather headdresses mounted with eagle feathers and trimmed with bear fur, and wild boar tusks tied with ribbons around their sinewy arms, the ...
Children Dying as Hunger Stalks Brazil's Indians
DOURADOS, Brazil (Reuters) - Geria's ribs bulge from her emaciated body, but she is alive and luckier than the dozens of Indian children who are starving to death each month on Brazil's ...
British Firm Breaks New Ground in Surveillance Science
MALVERN, England (Reuters) - The "suicide bomber" clips a shrapnel-filled belt around his waist and buttons up his jacket to conceal it.
MiG Tipping, Not Tension, at U.S. Base Near Iran
SHINDAND, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Iran and the United States may be in the midst of a war of words over Tehran's nuclear plans, but there is little evidence of the tension at a former ...
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