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A shark is seen swimming in an aquarium on the Spanish island of Mallorca

2011: A Good Time to be a Shark?

The Marshall Islands, a tiny nation of atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, has now become something of a Mecca for marine scientists, particularly those who study sharks. On Tuesday, the island nation passed a bill creating the world's largest sanctuary for sharks.

Occupy Wall Street: George Soros Understands Protesters’ Pain

George Soros
Actually, I can understand [the protesters'] sentiment, frankly, said Billionaire investor George Soros, speaking about the protesters who have camped out near Wall Street in New York and inspired similar anti-corporate demonstrations in other major cities across the United States and Canada.
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Syrians living in Jordan shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after morning prayers on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr outside the Syrian embassy in Amman

Syria News Update: Assassinations and Sanctions

In Syria, anti-government protesters continue undeterred as President Bashar al-Assad intensifies his forceful crackdown against demonstrations. Over the last five days, at least 76 people have been killed in the northern cities of Homs and Hama and in the southern Daraa region, according to activist reports.

Iran to Send Ships to U.S. Waters: A New Cold War?

Iran's navy will send ships into the Atlantic Ocean, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday. The vessels will sail out of the Persian Gulf and toward the United States' East Coast as retaliation for American ships in the Persian Gulf.
India Leopard

Mumbai Slum Menaced by Stray Leopards

In Borivali, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Mumbai, leopards prowl the streets and alleys at night, eating stray dogs, chickens and livestock. The cats come into the area almost every evening, and locals have to keep their children indoors to protect them.
Sarah Shourd looks up at Josh Fattal as he delivers a statement about his release from detention in Iran with Shane Bauer at a news conference in New York September 25, 2011

U.S. Hikers Back Home From a World of 'Lies and False Hope'

From the very start, the only reason we've been held hostage is because we're American - These are the words of Josh Fattal, one of the three American hikers who were arrested by the Iranian forces while hiking in the Kurdish region along the Iraq-Iran border in July, 2009.
Jane Godall listens to a journalist's question during a news conference in Vienna

Jane Goodall Stages Unique Live, Film Premiere

World renowned primatologist Jane Goodall began her groundbreaking research into chimpanzees over 50 years ago in Tanzania's Gombe National Park, leaving an indelible imprint on the way humans view animals.
U.S. and Global Economies

G-20: Globalization's Two-Edged Sword

Even as G-20 leaders grapple with the global financial crisis, a larger, over-arching concern is limiting GDP growth in the U.S., and, to a lesser degree, in other developed economies and, by extension, decreasing the capacity of the these nations to counteract the crisis: inadequate wage growth.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to the media as he stands next to the U.S. actor Sean Penn after their meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas

Actor Sean Penn Worked to Get Americans from Iran

U.S. actor Sean Penn engaged in attempts to secure the release of two Americans freed by Iran this week, flying to Venezuela to ask President Hugo Chavez to intervene with Iran's leader, a source close to the release process said on Friday.

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