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A fifth-grade class of demobilized paramilitary and guerrilla soldiers at Medellin’s Center for Peace and Reconciliation

Colombia Dispatch 10: Education for Demobilized Forces

In exchange for laying down their arms, soldiers from Medellin’s armed militias are receiving a free education, paid for by the government

Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogota, rides a bicycle

Colombia Dispatch 11: Former Bogota mayor Enrique Peñalosa

The former mayor of Colombia’s capital city transformed Bogota with ‘green’ innovations that employed the poor and helped the environment

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Colombia Dispatch 12: Still Striving for Peace

In spite of all the positive work that has done in recent years, there are concerns that the government may be cracking down too hard in the name of peace

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Show Us Your Costume

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The Dinosaur in Winter

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Doe (a Deer, a Female Deer) Born at the Zoo

An Eld’s Deer joins the National Zoo family

Tyrannosaurus rex

How Dinosaur Poop Got Its Name

The term “coprolite” has its roots in the Greek language, derived from kopros, which means dung, and lithos, which means stone

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What Dinosaurs Walked Here?

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Dinospore

Author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You, Sam Gosling.

How to Be a Snoop

The way you arrange your home or office may reveal surprising results

Night view of Istanbul, Turkey.

Snapshot: Istanbul

Istanbul’s vastly growing population and blending of cultures make it one of the most dynamic cities in the world

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