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Feeling the 8.9 Quake in Japan

By Linh Vien Thai on March 14, 2011 in Asia, Japan, Photos

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Earthquakes, I've been in so many since coming here in Japan. While on the 24th floor at Tokyo Midtown Tower it initially shook and moved the building as it normally did. Being in the ring...

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South Africa: From Pretoria’s Architecture to Whales and Giraffes

By Puneet Sidhu on March 14, 2011 in Africa, Cape Town, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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The drive through Pretoria threw up a surprise in the form of the Union Building. Also designed by Sir Herbert Baker, architect of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, the similarities between the two powerhouses...

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What’s the Real Nutritional and Economic Potential of Vegetables?

By Danielle Nierenberg on March 13, 2011 in Africa, Featured, Photos

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The green revolution — the post World War II movement that enhanced crop yields with improved seeds and farming technology — dramatically increased staple grain production in Asia and Latin America. From 1975 to 1985,...

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Here We Go Magic to Release The January EP

By Renee Blodgett on March 13, 2011 in California, Events, Festivals, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, North America, Ohio, Photos, USA, Wisconsin

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The January EP's six songs complete the songwriting cycle that Here We Go Magic began in an upstate New York farm house upon the commencement of their critically-acclaimed sophomore LP Pigeons (2010, Secretly Canadian). The...

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The EARTHQUAKE From Our TV Screens

By Linh Vien Thai on March 13, 2011 in Asia, Japan, Photos

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As most of us here on day 2 we were glued to our TVs and media outlets. Such was my day here today. I shot the TV for it was what's in focus from the...

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Stoking the Engine; Going Full-Speed Ahead Against Corruption in China

By Rory Keane on March 12, 2011 in Asia, China, Events, Featured, Festivals, Photos

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Liu Zhijun must have thought his prospects for pension and plans for retirement were pretty good, not to mention his legacy.  He had it all: the highest ranking post in a department that was fast...

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Stephanie Grace Foy: AW11 collection

By Rosa Abbott on March 12, 2011 in British Isles, England, Europe, Events, Featured, London, Photos

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A graduate of Kingston, LCF and Limerick College of Art & Design, Stephanie Grace Foy launched her own clothing line last year, when her MA collection being selected to be shown at September's London Fashion...

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Putting Africa into Perspective: What We Mean When We Say ‘the Entire Continent’

By Renee Blodgett on March 11, 2011 in Africa, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Africa, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Africa, Photos, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa

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One way to measure the size of Africa is from the North—the coast of Tunisia—to the South—the tip of South Africa, which is a total of 4, 989 miles. The distance from East to West,...

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