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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (l) gives a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Sept. 23, 2011.
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Abbas Submits Palestinian Statehood Application

Palestinian chief formally asks UN to recognize Palestinian state, as Israel says negotiated peace accord should come first

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Elephant in Rwanda

Beastly Battle

Human-animal conflict stalls tourism

A new series of comic books is being introduced in Indonesia to promote diversity and tolerance.

Common Ground

Teaching tolerance through comic books

Kay Ryan

Kay Ryan

MacArthur Fellow now among genius poets

Anti-government demonstrations continue in Bahrain, September 16, 2011

Uncertain Future

Bahraini students face various obstacles

Play Time

How Libyan children are coping with war

Obama's Dilemma

Palestinian statehood bid poses hard choices

UARS satellite

Space Debris

US satellite falling to Earth

Obama with high school students

Emulating America

Asian educators seek creativity, critical thinking

Jumping at Risk

Conservationists try to save endangered frogs

Fiction Comes to Life

Planet found orbiting two stars

   

 

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Day in Pictures

New world champion Arnaud Demare of France celebrates winning the men under 23 road race over 168 kilometers (104.4 miles) with start and finish in Holte, north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

 

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