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June 01, 2011
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June 2011
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March 2011
| By Joshua Hammer
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January 2011
| By Russ Juskalian
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June 10, 2010
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October 2009
| By Andrew Marshall
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May 15, 2009
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January 12, 2009
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December 2008
| By Nicholas Schmidle
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November 2008
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August 2008
| By Brook Larmer
William Lindesay follows the trail of forgotten traveler, William Edgar Geil, the first man to traverse the Great Wall of China.
August 01, 2008
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July 2008
| By Mike Edwards
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February 01, 2007
| By Cardiff de Alejo Garcia
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October 2007
| By John Darnton
New findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived and why their civilization collapsed
April 01, 2007
| By Whitney Dangerfield
Across India, environmentalists battle a tide of troubles to clean up a river revered as the source of life
November 2007
| By Joshua Hammer
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