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2015-03-27 Paraguayan Children Make Music with Trash

Last week, musicians from around the world gathered in Texas for the South by Southwest film and music festival. Perhaps…

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2015-03-25 Overfishing Opponent Wins Environment Prize

A leading American supporter of a method to prevent overfishing has won a major environmental prize. Jane Lubchenco served as head of the…

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2015-03-26 UN: African Nations Should Change ‘Pursuit’ Laws

A United Nations committee is calling on some African countries to change their laws so police can cross national borders…

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2015-03-25 Party Politics in Nigeria’s Presidential Election

Nigeria is holding elections Saturday following two years of political unrest. Voters will elect both a president and parliament. The…

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2015-03-24 Prison Watchdog Group Watching US Jails

The United States has almost a fourth of the world's prison population -- more than two million people, to be…

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2015-03-25 More Assertive Japan Before Abe’s US Visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making plans for a state visit to the United States. Mr. Abe will travel to Washington…

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2015-03-24 Scrap Metal Separation May Become Less Costly

Recycling, or re-using, metals is much less costly than making them from raw materials in the Earth, called "ore." But…

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2015-03-23 Singapore’s Founding Father Lee Kuan Yew Dies at 91

Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died early Monday. He was 91 years old. Mr. Lee was Singapore’s leader…

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2015-03-22 Would You Eat Food from Fukushima?

Thousands of delegates from around the world gathered this month in northeast Japan for a United Nations conference on disaster…

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2015-03-21 Islamic State Uses App to Broadcast Message

The writers of a new book about the Islamic State group say it is using technology developed by an American…

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2015-03-21 Digital or Print? How Do You Read Books?

A South African technology expert says huge numbers of book readers in his country are using electronic reading devices. He…

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2015-03-20 Germany Slowly Having More Influence on World Events

Some observers say Germany has the makings of a world power. They note the German government's lead in trying to…

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2015-03-20 Report: North Korea Foreign Workers Receive Little Pay

A new report describes abuses suffered by North Koreans who are sent to work outside the country. A South Korean…

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2015-03-19 Is the Islamic State Truly Islamic?

Destroying important cultural artifacts in the name of religion is not new. Protestants destroyed statues they considered idolatrous, or against their Christian faith…

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2015-03-19 Does a South Korean Law Limit Speech or Protect the Nation?

The United States ambassador to South Korea continues to recover from a knife attack. Mark Lippert was released from a…

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