December 27, 2011 /
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Nick Miroff
Journalist Nick Miroff and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla discuss the biggest threat to this tranquil Central American nation: the encroaching drug cartels.
December 5, 2011 /
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Nadja Drost
Colombia's gold rush pits local subsistence miners against large corporate interests, criminal gangs and the police.
November 29, 2011 /
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Nick Miroff
Honduras recorded 82.1 killings per 100,000 residents in 2010, making it the most violent country in the world. The violent surge is attributed to increasing transnational drug trade in the region...
November 1, 2011 /
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Hanna Ingber
In Nepal, activist groups are working with the government to keep young women in school by helping them avoid early marriage.
October 31, 2011 /
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Hanna Ingber
Child marriages are common in Nepal, particularly among the poor. But the practice carries with it devastating consequences for young girls’ health and well-being.
October 11, 2011 /
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Nick Miroff
The uninhabited coral cays, long coastline and thick jungles that draw tourists to Belize also appeal to drug smugglers. Belize's borders are porous and its security forces are minuscule.
May 30, 2010 /
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Hanna Ingber
Growing up in a small village in northeastern India, Hasina Khatun spent her days helping her aunt around the house and playing with her siblings.
May 13, 2010 /
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Haley Sweetland Edwards
Yemen is the most gorgeous place you'll probably never visit.
April 26, 2010 /
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Paul Stephens
A failed suicide attack on the British ambassador's convoy Monday morning shattered windows, terrified passersby and left debris and broken glass scattered on the sidewalks of the capital.
March 16, 2010 /
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Paul Stephens
SANAA, Yemen — On the streets of Sanaa, an angry crowd gathers around a gas delivery truck.