Africa's Oldest National Park In Crisis Virunga National Park in Central Africa is located in what has become a war zone. Its trees are being cut down to support a lucrative, militia-controlled charcoal trade. If the destruction continues unchecked, most of the trees in southern Virunga will be gone in a decade.
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Longtime Sen. Jesse Helms Was Conservative Purist The five-term North Carolina senator retired in 2003 but left a legacy of strong conservatism — and controversy — in a state that hadn't seen a GOP senator for decades. He has died at the age of 86.
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Blind Ambition: The Ultimate Braille Challenge Learning English in a month, moonlighting for the FBI — the talented participants in the Braille Challenge are used to wowing people with their accomplishments. Figuring out what to wear to dances and how to convince a politically correct world to be a little less nice can be more problematic.
SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Several thousand people rallied on Saturday on the streets of central Sapporo, Japan, to protest against a Group of Eight summit due to start next week at a luxury hotel a two-hour drive away.
State Senator Talks About Oniedas, New Majority Leader
Both the state Senate and Assembly recently passed legislation aimed at protecting Oneida County residents from paying too much in property taxes. WRVO's Jason Smith spoke with State Senator Joe Griffo about the legislation, as well as other issues including newly elected Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Hyundai union calls for work stoppage next week
SEOUL (Reuters) - Unionized employees of Hyundai Motor Co <005380.KS> will walk off the job for four hours next week to push for a pay increase, the auto maker's union said on Saturday.
Wood density holds key to Stradivarius sweet sound
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers using a medical scanner have worked out why a Stradivarius violin sounds so good -- it is because of the remarkably even density of the wood.
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Film of Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging' New evidence of vote-rigging in Zimbabwe's presidential election emerges in a secret film by a prison guard. Man arrested over London murders A man is arrested in connection with the murder of two French students who were stabbed and burned in a flat in London. Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin.
SambAsia Grows In China Originally created in San Francisco to unite Asians and Latinos, SambAsia has attracted a serious following in Beijing. We dance our way through this lively version of Samba, which creates unlikely partnerships.
What Chinese Men Really Think of Western Women Chinese women complain that Western guys use them as private interpreters; Western women worry about being much bigger than their Chinese boyfriends. An American expat in Beijing goes undercover to find out what dating in China really entails.
Records 'Too Dangerous' To Stay In Iraq Some Iraq government officials accused Kanan Makiya of looting, when he gave Baathist documents to the Hoover Institution for safe keeping. He says that because the records rate Iraqis according to their loyalty to Saddam Hussein, it's too dangerous to leave them in Iraq.
Both the state Senate and Assembly recently passed legislation aimed at protecting Oneida County residents from paying too much in property taxes. WRVO's Jason Smith spoke with State Senator Joe Griffo about the legislation, as well as other issues including newly elected Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
