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...Quyen fell in love with her country's wildlife almost by accident. In 1996, after graduating from university with a geography degree, she took a summer job in Cuc Phuong National Park with the NGO Fauna & Flora International. She was put in charge of educating villagers to respect the park's wildlife, rather than hunt it. But by 2000, Quyen began planning a Vietnamese conservation group that could make the nation more self-reliant. "We can't expect foreigners to come and save our country," she says. "The work should be done by Vietnamese...
...News is marking 10 years on air with a 10-city "Thank You, America" tour, ending Nov. 14 in Detroit. One stop last week: Atlanta, where Fox broadcast from a park in sight of rival CNN's studio...
...have jumpstarted the once stagnant program on a road to recovery. Bouncing back from a disappointing performance in last week’s meet against Yale, the men’s cross country team had a breakout race this weekend at the Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City, finishing No. 4 out of 20 teams with a score of 108 points. Integral to the turnaround has been the new training regimen introduced by Saretsky. “Everyone has liked the new coach so far, has liked the new program he?...
...broke out at a Soviet-era war memorial in Tallinn this year on May 9, the anniversary of the end of World War II, after Russian veterans unfurled Soviet flags. That prompted an outraged reaction, including a threat by one Estonian nationalist leader to blow up the monument. The park where the memorial is situated has since been cordoned off and remains under 24-hour police guard. Ask Heiki Ahonen, director of a museum dedicated to the Nazi and Soviet occupations, how Estonia is faring as it seeks to construct an integrated society, and he snorts: "This is not nation...
...roped into pretending to be the boyfriend of a lesbian in order to impress her parents), Jens and his band of Swedish beauties rollicked through plenty of delightful little ditties before leaving all too soon.There was a rumor that he played some songs on an acoustic guitar in a park somewhere in the city, later on. What a sweetheart.Some other bands also played.Word was that Yo La Tengo were pretty amazing, but I was asleep during their set (it had been a long day). Devendra Banhart, who’s usually incredible, was awful and boring. Man Man were...