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December 07, 2009
As Tanzania’s population swells, schools like Manyara Ranch struggle to match the educational needs of the growing number of children. And before relocation to a safer part of the ranch, the ...
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December 07, 2009
Tiananmen Square is the largest public square in the world. Built in 1417 during the Ming Dynasty, it is where Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Unlike the media ...
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December 07, 2009
Orcas have a close-knit family structure and most stay with their mothers throughout life. The Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island photographs the dorsal fins of each whale as a way of ...
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December 07, 2009
Established in the Sichuan province in 1963, the Wolong Nature Reserve is home to one of the earliest research bases for the endangered giant panda. Starting with just 10 pandas in captivity, it ...
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December 07, 2009
While visiting Sunset Beach Elementary School, Jack Johnson explains how music can be a beautiful way to approach problems and deal with important issues. Music has the ability to transform anger ...
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December 07, 2009
In the Palestinian refugee camp of Baqa’a lives one of Jordan's greatest athletes. "Faraj the Boxer" trains at the Baqa'a Boxing Club with other local youth, but unlike most, he ...
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December 07, 2009
While traveling through Jordan’s vast desert, Charles Annenberg Weingarten is invited into the home of a wise Bedouin man. Listen as the man gives his simple explanation of how Islam's ...
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December 07, 2009
With the motto of "One Street, One Heartbeat, One Love," LA-based Street Poets teaches young people how to develop their poetic voice and share their feelings about life on the street, in ...
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December 07, 2009
In traditional Inuit culture, tribes relied upon the knowledge of the elders for survival. But the nomadic Arctic culture has undergone significant changes in a very short span of time. Now, the ...
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December 07, 2009
Professor Tsedum, a Buddhist monk, speaks about enlightenment.
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December 07, 2009
Standing an average of 43 inches tall and around 350 pounds, giant pandas live for about 25 years — and much of that time is spent eating. A giant panda can consume as much as 83 pounds of bamboo ...
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December 07, 2009
Kalarippayattu is an ancient martial art originating near the state of Kerala in southern India. It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, choreographed martial arts sequences, and weaponry. ...
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December 07, 2009
Meet Lydia Mansour, a remarkable woman who was struck blind by measles at the age of two and went on to found the Peace Center for the Blind in Jerusalem. At the center, those that have lost ...
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December 07, 2009
All over the world, the Marley name has become synonymous with reggae music, rastafari, and Jamaica. Now Rita Marley is putting into reality the ideals of love, hope, and unity that she and her ...
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December 07, 2009
Education and personal growth can come in many forms. The Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation brings dogs into schools to help children break through their shyness, especially the developmentally ...
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December 07, 2009
When students of Kalarippayattu, a traditional martial art, have mastered stick combat and unarmed dance movements, they move on to daring sword techniques. Similar to the stick combat, students ...
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December 07, 2009
While on a train in India, explore founder Charles Annenberg Weingarten shares his thoughts on the true cost of war.
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December 07, 2009
In Mumbai, thousands of young girls are kidnapped or sold against their will into the sex trade. The Rescue Foundation provides a refuge for girls who escape and also works to discover and free ...
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December 07, 2009
Hurricane Katrina turned thousands of houses into empty shells of what they once were — strewn with waste, and inhabited only by toxic mold spores, left to grow in the ideal conditions of a humid ...
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December 07, 2009
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, entire neighborhoods were destroyed, and people left the city in droves. Those that remained were faced with the incredible challenge of gutting their ...
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