Tuareg Twilight Settling Amid War Ties and Hard Choices
In Mali and Niger the Tuareg cope with losing cattle and a 1000 year nomadic life after drought and war. Peace brokered by President Konare allows tens of thousands to return from Mauritania Libya and Algeria while youths seek schooling and donors fund herd restoration.
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Timbuktu
Mali
Niger
Tandenni
Timbbuktu
Mauritania
Libya
Algeria
Ahmedou Ag Abdallah
Sheik
Ahmedou
Sahara
Niger River
Ghanda Koy
Masters of
Ibrahim al Youssef
Oumar Alpha Konare
Burkina Faso
Sheik Ahmedou
Oor
Tiebili Drame
Drame
Abbas Kader
Tim
Tuareg village Tin Telloutt rebuilds after war and exile
Mohammed ag Mohammed Hamad, Tuareg chieftain, returns with others to Tin Telloutt near Timbuktu after the 1990 war and refugee years in Mauritania. The village reclaims land expands rice paddies, plants fruit trees, and plans a school as residents restart from scratch.
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Tin Telloutt
Mali
Mohammed Ag
Mohammed Hamad
Tin
Mohammed
Niger River
Timbuktu
Mauritania
Clown Prince of the Ponds A Laughable Coot of the Marsh
A humorous profile of the American Coot describing its appearance, nesting habits, and courtship. The male helps build the floating nest while the female crafts the platform from reeds. Eggs number six to more than a dozen, incubation runs about 21 days, and young coots swim soon after hatch.
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Alaska
South America
Clothing Sizes and Gender Stereotypes
A humorous essay argues women are generally wiser than men except in clothing sizes. It contrasts male shopping behavior with female attitudes, noting men's focus on fit while highlighting a culture of visible waist measurements on backs of jeans.
Dave Barry on shopping and size obsession
A humorous Dave Barry piece discusses how women aim to fit clothes from their past size rather than current measurements. It portrays mall shopping dynamics, husband irritation, and the urge to escape, ending with a quip about UFO cults.
Garter snakes and bizarre frog births in nature study
NPR notes garter snakes in Manitoba emerge from dens to court and mate with large females courted by many males. The piece also surveys unique amphibian breeding like mid wife toad strings eggs on hind legs, Surinam toad egg embedding, gastric brooding frog extinction, and Darwin's toad male nurturing larvae.
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National Public Radio
Manitoba
Canada
Europe
Surinam
Australia
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Tuareg Twilight
Buktu
Bamako
Paul Howard
U.N
Sheik Ahmedoung
Abdallah
Tin Shabane
Sociated Press
Clown Prince of the Ponds
Gibbs
Barry
Dave Barry
Gibbons
Ecovn
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