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View ArticleWhy Sterilization Is The Most Popular Form Of Family Planning
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You have to go. You know, um, go potty.You are in a foreign country. And things are certainly looking a bit foreign.Do you sit or squat? Can you toss toilet paper down the bowl or hole?Let the signs...
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A Battle To Wash Away A Fountain's Controversial Namesake
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View ArticleHello 'Car Talk,' I Need A Good Car To Get Around Africa
When Tom Magliozzi, cohost of NPR's Car Talk , died this week from complications of Alzheimer's disease, he left behind a fan base that extended far beyond the United States. Tom and Ray, his younger...
View ArticleFacebook Friends Ebola Relief; Google Searches For Donations
If you're one of the billions of people who use Facebook and Google on a daily basis, you may have noticed some new messaging coming from the websites themselves. Both companies have launched Ebola...
View ArticleLiberians Meet Death With Flowers, Trumpets And Cameras
When Rebecca "Mama" Barclay died in the summer of 2011, hundreds gathered for her funeral at a small Baptist church a few miles outside Liberia's capital, Monrovia. Men came in suits, women in black...
View ArticleWhy Sterilization Is The Most Popular Form Of Family Planning
Last week, 13 women died in India after undergoing sterilization procedures in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, possibly because of tainted pills administered after the surgery. This tragedy...
View ArticleOh, The Places You'll Go: Toilet Signs Try To Help (And Often Fail)
You have to go. You know, um, go potty. You are in a foreign country. And things are certainly looking a bit foreign. Do you sit or squat? Can you toss toilet paper down the bowl or hole? Let the signs...
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