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Scenes from North and South Korea (Photos)
Sunan International Airport Photo by Ethan Wilkes Incheon International Airport Photo by Ethan Wilkes Pyongyang subway platform Photo by Ethan Wilkes Seoul subway terminal Photo by Ethan Wilkes...
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The Best of CPAC 2013
Sarah Palin Photo by Eric Draper Sarah Palin Photo by Gage Skidmore Sarah Palin Photo by Gage Skidmore Rand Paul Photo by Gage Skidmore Michele Bachmann Photo by Gage Skidmore Rick Perry Photo by Gage...
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President Obama in the Middle East
Obama en route Pete Souza/White House President Barack Obama meets National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, left, and Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, in the...
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John Kerry in the Middle East
John Kerry in Jerusalem Image via State Department Israeli students welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prior to President Obama’s speech at the Jerusalem Convention Center on March 21, 2013....
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Scenes from Iran (Photos)
Isfahan, Iran Photo by Johannes Makar TweetPin It Isfahan, Iran Photo by Johannes Makar Yazd, Iran Photo by Johannes Makar Ayatollah Khomeini Photo by Johannes Makar Ayatollah Khomeini keeping an eye...
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Ethiopian Road Trip
Peace Corps volunteers in Ethiopia we were not allowed to own private vehicles. That at least was the rule, however, not so in practice. Only days after landing in Gondar one of our twelve fellow...
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Bath of Fasiledes
The Bath of Fasiledes has now been restored with the help of funding from the Government of Norway. When my son, John, and I visited Gondar, Ethiopia in 2006 the work was still in progress with stone...
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Gondar Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago Gondar was a very different town. We understood that it had a population of a little over 10,000 and was compact enough so almost everyone, ourselves included, could easily walk on...
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Kifle’s Farewell Party
April 11, 1964 was the night of the big farewell party for our school director, Ato Ketema Kifle. Several times he made trips to Addis to lobby the Ministry of Education for a promotion and he finally...
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Memorial Day 2013
The renowned Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns opened the 2013 National Memorial Day Parade Program, which took place in Washington, D.C. a little less than two weeks ago. While it may seem erroneous to have...
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Scenes from Aleppo
Goran Tomasevic/Reuters Goran Tomasevic, a Reuters photographer, traveled throughout Aleppo, Syria, taking some vivid photos of the fighting there between fighters from the Free Syrian Army and the...
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Photos: Syria’s Injured Refugees
Photo: Stuart Hughes Among the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing into northern Jordan to escape the fighting in Syria are many people who have suffered life-changing injuries. Some of the injured...
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