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Japanese evacuees at Koriyama High School gymnasium, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (VOA).
Photo: VOA - Steve Herman

Japan's Nuclear Evacuees Ponder Fate

Several hundred people living near damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant now call high school gymnasium home

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Evacuees gather in a gym in Koriyama, Japan

Stoicism Amid Disaster

Japanese region quietly grinds to a halt

Libyan Boy Scouts, just a few of around 3,500 in the town of Benghazi, are organized and able, 7 March 2011

Helping Others

Benghazi Boy Scouts aid Libyans in need

After the Revolution

Mideast women push for greater rights

Students learn from Engkey, the robot at the Hagjeong Primary School in Daegu

Robot Teacher

Technology filling a void in South Korea

Peace Corps volunteer Diane LeMarche Rice with local teachers in Nepal, mid-1960s (Photo by E. Burgess)

Memories

Peace Corps volunteers share their stories

Educators say girls' and women's access to education is improving in Kenya. Last year, in fact, girls made up 45 percent of Kenya's secondary school enrollment.

No Glass Ceiling

Kenyan university develops female leaders

A student-run Facebook page shows an image depicting the Tunisian national flag smeared in red, representing blood, as seen on a computer screen in Paris, January 11, 2011

New Battleground

Social media’s role in political conflicts

Women activists carry a mock coffin of Ayse Pasali, who was shot to death by her ex-husband, during a demonstration, planned as an alternative to Valentine's Day, in central Istanbul, February 14, 2011

Women’s Rights

Turkey’s skyrocketing murder rate

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (file)

Shrewd or Insane?

Gadhafi’s behavior during Libyan crisis

   

 

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