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POPSWalls and Barriers Around the World Amazing what human folly drives us to do. I'm sure that there are lots of rationales for having them, but the real reason is that we are failing to live up to our much-vaunted sapiency.
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POPSLife in Color: Orange A balance of playful yellow and passionate red, orange commands attention without overwhelming. This often flamboyant color brings to mind citrus and sunsets, fall leaves, and jack-o'-lanterns. Orange has even been found to stimulate appetite and creativity in humans.
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POPSKenya's Elephants Die of Drought and Poaching Although Kenya was not included in the sale, Douglas-Hamilton said any ivory sales immediately push up global demand, since elephants could be killed in Kenya and their tusks smuggled into a foreign stockpile. Around 23,000 elephants live in Kenya but populations can be devastated by poaching within a couple of years. A recent survey in Chad showed its elephant population had declined from 3,800 to just over 600 in the past three years. "The drought is one of nature's big events," he said. "It hits all animals, elephants, people and others but the ivory trade is much more serious and could do much more damage if it remains unchecked.
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POPSThe Land of ‘No Service’ "So, like it or not, coming here forces you to think about the blessings and curses of “connectivity.” “No Service” is something travelers from the developed world now pay for in order to escape modernity, with its ball and chain of e-mail. For much of Africa, though, “No Service” is a curse — because without more connectivity, its people can’t escape poverty. Can there be a balance between the two?"
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POPSHanging Agree or Disagree?Please click on the link to read more
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POPSSerengeti luxury safaris Having saved for years for our dream safari I have spent weeks researching the various options available. I finally settled on the luxury-safaris site as it seemed to offer the widest variety of lodges and tented safaris. The site features some really great itineraries taking in Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania and Namibia.
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POPSPink elephant is caught on camera Documented evidence Albino elephants are not usually white, but instead they have more of a reddish-brown or pink hue. While albinism is thought to be fairly common in Asian elephants, it is much less common in the larger African species.
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POPSHow A Rogue Geologist Discovered A Diamond Trove In The Canadian Arctic
A helicopter would drop him off alone in the middle of a jungle, and pick him up at the end of the day. The terrain was so rough that the chopper often couldn't land — Fipke would just leap out as it hovered close to the ground. One day he turned around to face 20 locals, arrows strung. He raised his arms, slowly removed his vest, and offered it to "the one who looked like the chief." By the time the helo returned for him, Fipke was in his underpants clutching a fine array of tribal shields, bows and arrows, and fetishes. "I've got an amazing collection of stuff!" he says, Fipke is a small man with a shaved head, a burnished tan, piercing blue eyes, and forearms like Popeye's. He stutters and says "hey" in almost every sentence. He frequently loses his glasses and his keys, shows up late to appointments, and has a history of spending prodigious amounts of money in strip joints. His nicknames have included Captain Chaos and Stumpy.
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POPSLuxury safaris The site offers some of the most amazing safari lodges and tented safari camps in Tanzania, Kenya and Namibia. You can book one of the more popular luxury safari itineraries or alternatively have a tailor made safari all of your own.
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POPSWorld Report 2009 Intro By Kenneth Roth A government's respect for human rights must be measured not only by how it treats its own people but also by how it protects rights in its relations with other countries. 2009 is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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POPSSaving Kenya's orphan elephants I used to spend a lot of time at the Sheldrick elephant orphanage at Nairobi National Park. I now no longer live in Kenya, but the plight of African wildlife and the fight against poaching for ivory are still very close to my heart.
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POPSNational Wildlife Magazine - photo contest winners FROM A CARDINAL splashing in a Florida birdbath to a leopard lurking in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, the winning images of the 38th annual National Wildlife Photo Contest are as varied as the species that populate this planet. This year’s winners were drawn from our largest-ever pool of entries—more than 55,000 in six categories: Mammals, Birds, Other Wildlife, Landscapes and Plant Life, Backyard Habitats and Connecting People and Nature. Along with selecting the $5,000 grand prize winner, judges awarded cash and other prizes for the first- and second-place winners in every category in each of two divisions, amateur and professional. One youth winner was also chosen. To see all of the winning images, along with this year’s honorable mentions and instructions on how to enter next year’s contest, visit www.nwf.org/photozone.
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POPS$5-Million Prize to Borswana Uncorrupt former president. The cash prize, worth 3.75 million euros paid over 10 years, Mogae will also receive 200,000 dollars a year for life thereafter. The foundation which awards the prize was created in 2006 by Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese telecommunications mogul. Joaquim Chissano, the former president of Mozambique, was the inaugural winner. The prize is awarded to African former heads of state or government who have left office within the last three years.
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POPSBEER BASH IN BOTSWANA ! Have no fear help is on the way from the "US" via BELGIUM you'll be getting the new improve "BUD" aka "BELGIUM LIGHT" with a hint of waffle so the taste will stay with you right threw breakfast . A beer that's not afraid to fill you up !
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