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Posted in all, news & global, slides on 6 February 2011
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The PJAK, or the (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane) is a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq that has been carrying out attacks against Iranian forces in the Kurdistan Province of Iran.
In retaliation, Iranian bombings intensified in late May 2010 and have led to the displacement of more than 500 Kurdish families, wounded [...]
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 5 February 2011
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Ijen caldera is one large crater that has much sulfur, which lies hidden between sheer walls of deeply furrowed rock of Ijen Volcano. This volcano emits gasses through fumaroles inside the crater and the miners trapped the gasses through stone and ceramic pipes to condenses the gasses into a molten pure sulfur and then, load [...]
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 5 February 2011
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“Tonight starts the remembrance of the spirits’ holiday. Let’s praise the souls of the dead!” Mamuka Qaldani, a thirty-eight-year-old livestock herder from Georgian mountain village of Adishi, proposes a toast at the local cemetery and then belts down a shot of vodka. Representatives from all families of the village are also here – on [...]
Posted in all, features, africa, slides on 14 November 2010
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Pantsula culture was born some time in the 1950’s and 60’s in the townships of South Africa. It initially refered to a style of dress but grew into a culture and eventually a dance form. By the 1980’s when the townships were in flames and Apartheid police were at war with young black men in [...]
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 14 November 2010
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A few miles away from the center of Athens, there is a beach where people with disabilities and their friends and family members can meet up and socialize. The atmosphere is rich with emotions.
I started this documentary project a few months before, and now realize that this project will be a long term project, maybe [...]
Posted in all, features, central & south america, slides on 24 October 2010
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During the eight centuries of the Spanish War of the Reconquest (711-1492 A.D.), the knights, Moors and Christians, weary of killing one another, would occasionally hunt wildlife to avoid boredom. While deer were easy prey and a cornered bear or boar would usually put up a fight, it was the wild [...]
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