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Each week, The World & I Online gathers news stories highlighting the lives, situations and cultures of people worldwide. |
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| Week ending Friday, May 11, 2012
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COLOMBIA: Saving the River Basin, One Schoolchild at a Time
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| NEIVA, May 8—"Out of love for the river, we reforest, recycle, and make this place beautiful," says a sign welcoming visitors to the Floragaita school, where a balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) tree with eno...
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TURKEY: Turkey and Greece Have To Go Beyond Stereotypes, Says SYRIZA Official
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| ATHENS, GREECE, May 9— A senior official from the Greek party that was given a mandate to form the country’s new government has sent warm messages to Turkey, stating that Turkey and Greece have many c...
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ENGLAND: Britain Beefs Up Olympics Security As If It’s Going to War
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| LONDON, May 9— Woe betide the hapless backpackers who stumble upon the Olympic Park in London’s East End this summer. They may feel the might of Britain’s biggest security operation since World War II...
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AFRICA: Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women
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| MONROVIA, May 9— The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the ...
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UNITED STATES: Roller Coaster Offers Unique Physics Lesson
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| BOWIE, MARYLAND, May 8—Hundreds of teenagers push past security guards and police at the Six Flags America amusement park in Maryland, and make a dash for the roller coasters.
They are here for the...
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RUSSIA: Putin Won’t Attend G-8 Meeting
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| President Obama will have to wait a little while longer to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin for more “flexibility” on missile-defense talks.
Mr. Putin, who began a new six-year term as presiden...
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WORLD: Dinosaur Flatulence Might Have Warmed Prehistoric Climate
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| May 8— Dinosaurs might have contributed to a significant warming of the Earth's climate some 150 million years ago by passing large amounts of heat-trapping methane gas into the atmosphere.
That is...
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INDONESIA: Islamists Stall Gender Equality Bill
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| JAKARTA, May 9— The fate of a gender equality bill pending in Indonesia’s parliament and aligned with the United Nations convention on the elimination of all forms discrimination against women (CEDAW)...
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EUROPE: Greece Leftists Abandon Efforts to Form Government
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| May 9— Greek far left leader Alexis Tsipras has abandoned his efforts to form a new government after Sunday's parliamentary elections ended in a deadlock.
Tsipras said Wednesday he could not get en...
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JAMAICA: IMF Policies Crippling Jamaican Economy
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| WASHINGTON, May 8— Jamaica's fragile economic recovery would be dangerously hampered by demands by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other donors, according to a new report released here by th...
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