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50,000 pilgrims descend on Ethiopia's "new" Jerusalem
December 2007 | By Paul Raffaele

Christians in Ethiopia have long claimed to have the ark of the covenant. Our reporter investigated
December 2007 | By Paul Raffaele

Record your life story at a studio in New York City's Grand Central Terminal. You may just make history
June 2004 | By David Taylor

Illusionist Ricky Jay, a keeper of magic's secrets, conjures up a dirty deal in TV's "Deadwood"
June 2004 | By Neil A. Grauer

Comfort for the masses? Or a tacky blight? Seemingly overnight, the one-piece plastic chair has become a world fixture. Can you stand it?
July 2004 | By Mariana Gosnell

In an innovative program, prison inmates are raising puppies to be guide dogs for the blind
August 2004 | By Christina Cheakalos

The new National Museum of the American Indian is a proud expression of Native American beliefs
August 2004 | By Lawrence M. Small

One hundred fifty years after its publication, Henry David Thoreau's meditation remains the ultimate self-help book
August 2004 | By Robert D. Richardson

When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this month, a young photographer was there to catch the anguish
August 2004 | By Nadira A. Hira

They fled terror in Laos after secretly aiding American forces in the Vietnam War. Now 200,000 Hmong prosper-and struggle-in the United States
September 2004 | By Marc Kaufman

The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset
September 2004 | By Norman Gelb

Threatened by megastores and a shuttered local chain, a Wyoming town revives Main Street by giving power to the people
October 2004 | By Michelle Nijhuis

Some 200 Native American languages are dying out and with them valuable history
October 31, 2007 | By Robin T. Reid

Rakesh Jaiswal, founder of ecofriends.org, talks about the country's growing list of environmental problems
October 31, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

Across India, environmentalists battle a tide of troubles to clean up a river revered as the source of life
November 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

In Zambia, an NYC photographer teaches kids orphaned by AIDS how to take pictures. They teach him about living
November 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call
October 17, 2007 | By Emily Brady

A few rounds with beermaker Will Meyers
October 11, 2007 | By Julia Kaganskiy

Artist Gunter Demnig builds a Holocaust memorial one stone at a time
October 11, 2007 | By Lois Gilman

His last personal secretary returns to Havana and discovers that the novelist's mythic presence looms larger than ever
August 2007 | By Valerie Hemingway

Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
September 27, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

In Papua New Guinea, a journalist investigates the controversy over a World War II bomber
October 2007 | By John Darnton

An excerpt from Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between"
September 01, 2007 | By Rory Stewart

First Rory Stewart walked the breadth of Afghanistan. Then he took up a real challenge: restoring traditional architecture in Kabul
September 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

On Minnesota lakes, Native Americans satisfy a growing hunger for "slow food" by harvesting authentically wild rice the old-fashioned way
September 2007 | By Lauren Wilcox

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