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It is late in the day. The sun is setting. In the distance, the huge mountains of Eastern Nepal disappear in the reducing light. The Okhaldhunga district may be poor - but it is beautiful. Families ar...

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Thousands of years ago,a battle was fought at a city called Karkemish.Babylon and other early states clashed for control of what is now in a neutral border area between Turkey and Syria.Not far away,a...

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Today, we tell how a community radio station grew from small beginnings - and how it is a powerful tool for local development. Imagine you are a farmer. You live in a village away from the towns. Y...

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After the American victory at Saratoga,the French decided to enter the waron the American side.The two nations signed military and political treaties.Historian Gordon Wood says this alliancecreated bi...

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The time is December seventeen seventy-six. British General William Howe has decided to stop fighting during the cold winter months.The general is in New York.He has already established control of a f...

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Each year in America alone, about one hundred and fifty people die from allergic reactions to foods. Brenton Shivley was one of those people. Brenton was sixteen years old. His mother says that her so...

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In fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe killing with poison was common - especially in Italy and France. At this time Arsenic was the most usual poison. People would mix small amounts of it into foo...

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It was the year 1751 in England. Mr. Blandy slowly ate his food. He was not feeling well. His daughter Mary sat quietly with him. She was his only child. Mr. Blandy was an important lawyer and town of...