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Two Harvard Grads work to bring change in Kenya's largest slum

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The 100 Greatest Rock Guitar Songs of All Time

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28 Weeks Later parodies the Iraq war effort...in London...with zombies

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COLOMBIA: New diseases effect Nomads

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Changed Assignments With Someone Who Did Not Want To Go

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"The strangest, and most frightening, shoppers are those who shout alternatively in Arabic and Spanish."

the suicide trend of veterans after they return home

It happened with Vietnam Veterans and with Falklands Veterans. Is it starting to happen with Iraq Veterans and Afghanistan Veterans?

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