
A London-based travel agency has announced guided tours to Northern Iraq (Kurdish territory), Afghanistan, and Kashmir. Surprise your loved one! Valentine's Day is right around the corner.

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By most accounts, the Harlem Children’s Zone has been a slam dunk. But now that the model is expanding to 20 other cities, it’s worth asking:...
The back-and-forth between the Brookings Institution and the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) continues, in the wake of a report from the former that...

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Steve Mumford, an artist embedded with the U.S. Army, is recreating daily life in Iraq through art.
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China is still silent about last week's ballistic missile test that destroyed an innocent satellite, totally minding it's own business. China's...