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Students Lead Movement to Bring Peace to Darfur

Mark Hanis is a young activist for the Darfur cause. He leads a group called the Genocide Intervention Network that has raised $250,000 for the African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur.

Students Lead Movement to Bring Peace to Darfur

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Rally Demands Attention for Sudan's Darfur Region

Thousands gather Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., demanding an end to genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. Celebrities, politicians, religious leaders and demonstrators urge President Bush to use his office to strengthen the multinational force protecting Darfur civilians.

Rally Demands Attention for Sudan's Darfur Region

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Saturday

News

Reflections of a Liberian Environmental Activist

Goldman Environmental Prize winner Silas Siakor's reports on illegal logging in Liberia helped persuade the U.N. Security Council to ban Liberian timber exports. That stripped warlords of key income and led to political change. Siakor looks back... and forward.

Reflections of a Liberian Environmental Activist

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The Immigration Debate

Sudanese Refugees Find New Home in Maine

The largest Sudanese immigrant population in the United States is now in Portland, Maine. About 2,000 people have arrived in the past 12 years, fleeing civil war and genocide in Sudan.

Sudanese Refugees Find New Home in Maine

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Parting Thoughts from Amnesty's Schulz

The outgoing head of Amnesty International USA, William Schulz, reflects on his 12-year tenure. He remains concerned about Darfur, and what the Guantanamo Bay detention camp says about the Bush administration's approach to human rights.

Parting Thoughts from Amnesty's Schulz

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Friday

Iran Most Active in Terrorism, Says State Dept.

Iran remains the most active state sponsor of terrorism, and suicide bombings are up worldwide, says the State Department in its just-released annual report on global terrorism. Among the trends it identifies: More than half the deaths from global terror attacks in 2005 were in Iraq. And al-Qaida leaders are losing some control over global terrorist activity.

Iran Most Active in Terrorism, Says State Dept.

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Problems Plague Ambitious Irrigation Plan in Africa

Tanzania hopes to jump-start its agricultural production by dramatically increasing the use of irrigation. But existing schemes have had significant, but unintended, consequences: power outages, dried-up rivers, and little, if any, growth in crop yields.

Problems Plague Ambitious Irrigation Plan in Africa

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U.S.'s Cultural Ignorance Fuels Iraq Insurgency

The U.S. military's lack of cultural understanding of Iraq helped create the conditions for the insurgency there, according to a military adviser who has written a new book on the insurgency.

U.S.'s Cultural Ignorance Fuels Iraq Insurgency

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Middle East

Nuclear Agency Says Iran Defies Security Council

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has defied a U.N. Security Council call for a freeze on enriching uranium. President Bush greeted the news by saying "the world is united and concerned" about Iran's nuclear activities. The White House says it believes Iran is pursuing the production of nuclear weapons.

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Radio Expeditions

Interviews: Giant Panda Released to the Wild

Friday is a big day for one of the most charismatic animals on Earth: the giant panda. Native to central China, the black-and-white bear was almost driven to extinction -- now one bred in captivity has been released back into the wild.

Interviews: Giant Panda Released to the Wild

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Russia Plans Nuclear Power Expansion

Russia says it will double its nuclear energy capabilities in the next 25 years. The Kremlin promises the country's nuclear industry is safe. But experts argue that it is alarmingly dangerous and on the verge of collapse.

Russia Plans Nuclear Power Expansion

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Azerbaijan President Visits Washington

Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, visits President Bush at the White House. Aliyev became president of the oil-producing nation in 2003 after elections that observers called flawed. He's also accused of corruption.

Azerbaijan President Visits Washington

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Thursday

African Farmers Face Critical Loss of Fertile Land

African agriculture is in crisis, and Africa's farmland is losing its fertility at an alarming rate. Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa don't produce enough food to feed their own people, while population growth is outpacing agricultural production.

African Farmers Face Critical Loss of Fertile Land

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'Triple Whammy' of Bad News Sets Blair Aback

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has taken a beating in the British press, after what one paper called the most chaotic day since the Labour Party came to power nine years ago. Three of Blair's senior ministers stumbled Wednesday, fueling media speculation that Blair's time in power might be nearing an end.

'Triple Whammy' of Bad News Sets Blair Aback

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