2014年8月29日 星期五

2014-08-30 U.S. Spotlight

  National Geographic   
Can Elephants Survive a Legal Ivory Trade? Debate Is Shifting Against It  National Geographic
Stirring renewed debate, a respected conservationist says that corruption makes a legal ivory trade unworkable. Photo of Kenyan Wildlife Ranger Charles Chepkowny posing with an elephant tusk in the Tsavo East. A wildlife ranger poses with an elephant ...


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  TIME   
Is America's Second Contractors' War Drawing Near?  TIME
Four years ago this Sunday, President Barack Obama declared the end of the Iraq war. So much of that fight and our current involvement in the Middle East is carried out by a privatized military. Here's why that matters. Last year, on the tenth anniversary of the ...


   


The Mental Virtues  New York Times
We all know what makes for good character in soldiers. We've seen the movies about heroes who display courage, loyalty and coolness under fire. But what about somebody who sits in front of a keyboard all day? Is it possible to display and cultivate ...


   

  PBS NewsHour   
Who will help the U.S. battle the Islamic State in Syria?  PBS NewsHour
The Baghdad Operations Command center in Iraq, where the Iraqi army plans offensives against the Islamic State group. While the U.S. has helped Iraq push back the extremists, gathering support from other nations has been difficult. Photo by Scott Nelson ...


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Many Bald Eagles Are Victims of Lead Poisoning, but This One Got Intensive Care  National Geographic
Lead from hunters' bullets in deer, elk, and antelope can kill eagles that eat the animals' remains. Kenneth R. Weiss. for Environmental Health News. Published August 29, 2014. JACKSON, Wyoming—Meghan Warren grabbed the bald eagle's legs with thick ...


   


The Fall of France  New York Times
François Hollande, the president of France since 2012, coulda been a contender. He was elected on a promise to turn away from the austerity policies that killed Europe's brief, inadequate economic recovery. Since the intellectual justification for these policies ...


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  PBS NewsHour   
Special needs children find thrills at Texas amusement park  PBS NewsHour
For a lot of Americans, amusement parks are the stuff of wonderful childhood memories, like that moment your stomach drops right before the first plunge in a rollercoaster. But these parks can also come with disappointment, like when a small child hears ...


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  National Geographic   
Half of Syrians Displaced: 5 Takeaways From New UN Report  National Geographic
A girl removes her shoes before entering her family tent at the Domiz camp for Syrian refugees just outside of Dohuk, Iraq, last year. Photograph by Ed Kashi, VII. Eve Conant. for National Geographic. Published August 29, 2014. Nearly half of all Syrians have ...


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  New York Times   
The Dirt on Your Sponge  New York Times
Matthew Flannery, left, and Tod Maitland, who crossed paths in earlier careers on the set of “Sex and the City,” invented a cleaning device called SpongeBath. Credit Matthew Millman for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue ...


   

  PBS NewsHour   
NATO: very much alive at 65  PBS NewsHour
File photo of a meeting of ministers of foreign affairs held at NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 25, 2014. Photo by Hakan Goktepe/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. When the leaders of the North Atlantic alliance wrapped up their Chicago summit two ...


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