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AIDS on the Rise

2001 UN/WHO Report shows cases increasing by David Johnson The U.N. is raising awareness around the world, as evidenced by this poster for World AIDS Day in German. (Source: UNAids.…

Countries Hosting Refugees, 2006

Although developed countries contribute most of the funding to assist refugees, developing countries host the vast majority of the world's refugees.…

South America Inherits Asia's Woes

1999 News of the World The Asian financial crisis seemed to stabilize by 1999, although recovery will require patience: the World Bank estimated that the four largest economies affected (Indonesia…

JonBenet Ramsey

JonBenet Ramsey is the six-year-old beauty pageant contestant who was found murdered in her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996. The JonBenet Ramsey case became a national sensation due to…

Winter Olympics: 2010 Competing Countries

92 countries are participating in the Vancouver Winter Olympics Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsWinter…

Winter Olympics: 2014 Competing Countries

So far 88 countries have qualified at least one athlete for the Sochi Winter Olympics. Six nations are making their Winter Olympic debut: East Timor, Malta, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga and…

Tsunami Factfile

The Indian Ocean tsunami that occured in December 2004 was the deadliest in history by Borgna Brunner Before and after satellite images of Banda Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Related…