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Giant 'Dark Sky' Preserve Promises Spectacular Stargazing

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Video, Stars, Astronomy, Namibia, Space, Milky Way, Africa, Official Night Sky Reserves, Namibrand, Namibia Sky Reserve, Stargazing, Science News

OurAmazingPlanet Staff - May 24, 2012 05:17 PM ET The NamibRand Nature Reserve, a private nature reserve in southern Namibia, has gotten the sta...

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Kenya: A Contrarian View

Glen Martin | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Namibia Wildlife, Kenya, Namibia, Kenya Wildlife, Green News

Africa's wildlife is being loved to death. Kenya's much-praised ban on hunting, in fact, has had an impact opposite to its intent: wild animals are disappearing at an accelerating rate.

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Senate Candidate Hit For Changing Bios

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.16.2012

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The Republican frontrunner for Arizona's U.S. Senate seat is finding himself under attack by Democrats for omitting from his campaign website his work...

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Why Helping People Is Key to Saving the Endangered Cheetah

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Cheetah, Turkish Anatolian Shepherd, Endangered Species, Livestock, Africa Wildlife, Cheetahs, Namibia, Cheetah Conservation, Impact News

If the cheetah loses its race for survival, the American Prong-horn Antelope will become the fastest land mammal, and all those textbooks naming the cheetah as the fastest land animal will need to be changed.

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PHOTOS: 10 Breathtaking Sights You'll Miss If You Boycott Anti-Gay Countries

Laurence Watts | Posted 04.18.2012

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Freakish Fossil Upends Ideas About Origins Of Animal Life

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 02.07.2012

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How old is animal life on Earth? Bizarre fossils unearthed recently in Namibia suggest the earliest animals were around 100 million to 150 million yea...

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WATCH: Where In The World Is Matt Lauer?

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Video, Skeleton Coast, Namibia, Where in the World Is Matt Lauer, Today Show, Where in the World Is Matt Lauer Namibia, Matt Lauer Skeleton Coast, Slidepollajax, Media News

Matt Lauer completely stumped his co-hosts on the first leg of his comeback tour. Lauer was on the first day of his relaunched "Where In The World ...

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Civil Rights Leader Andrew Young Honored by National Portrait Gallery

Henry Miller | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, United Nations, Smithsonian, Atlanta, Namibia, National Portrait Gallery, Andrew Young, African Americans, Civil Rights, Politics News

Andrew Young recently received a portrait at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. It was a much-deserved honor for a man whose legacy is one of extraordinary impact.

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Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part III

Richard Bangs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Namibia, Africa, Travel, Ecotourism, Travel News

The sat phone battery dies. We slip in the spare. Louis connects with a neighbor who finds the number of a helicopter pilot in Windhoek, and we dial through.

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Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part II

Richard Bangs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Travel, Namibia, Ecotourism, Africa, Travel News

Phoning a rescue helicopter from the Fish River Canyon on a Sunday evening was no easy task.

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Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I

Richard Bangs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Namibia, Travel News

In the jigsaw puzzle that is Africa, Namibia is the piece that got left behind. The barren state, larger than Texas, lies north of South Africa's western border and most of its eastern edge abuts Botswana.

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Introducing the World's Most Daring Adventures: Epic Tomato

Black Tomato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Travel For Technophobes

Black Tomato | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Canada Travel, Morocco, Brazil, Namibia, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Bali, Africa Travel, Nova Scotia, Travel Tech, Destinations, Africa, Slidepollajax, South America Travel, Travel Blogs, Mongolia, Galapagos Islands, Travel News

We understand that sometimes all these gadgets can, well, just get a little too much. So here's our guide to a world of travel without all the tech stuff.

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Namibia Designates Entire Coast Line As National Park

Telegraph | Mark Rowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Namibia, Namibia National Parks Map, Namibian Coastline, Namibian Coast, Namibian Coast Map, Namibia National Parks, Travel News

Namibia has become what is thought to be the first country to designate its entire coastline a national park. The Namib-Skeleton Coast National Par...

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Africa's Wild Cats Captured on Film (PHOTOS)

Millie Kerr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Conservation, South Africa, Big Cats, Namibia, Cheetahs, Wildlife, Africa, Wild Cats, Travel News

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Germany: Namibia Suspicious Package Security Test

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAMBURG, Germany — A suspicious package found in a Namibian airport near bags bound for Munich was a device designed to test security and didn't...

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Suspected German-Bound Bomb Intercepted After Terror Threat Raised

AFP | Deborah Cole | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN (AFP) -- A suspected bomb in a suitcase checked in on a German-bound plane was intercepted in Namibia, Germany's Federal Crime Office (BKA) sai...

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Brad and Angelina's Exotic Christmas

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt : Just Jared | Posted 05.25.2011

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt do some Christmas shopping at a mall on Thursday (December 23) in Windhoek, Namibia....

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PHOTOS: 5 Classic Journeys To Take Yourself

Black Tomato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, California, Australia, Namibia, Africa, Dunhill, Slidepollajax, Tanzania, Journey, Asia, Lord Byron, Mongolia, Paris, Travel News

Here at Black Tomato we've coined the phrase 'slowtopia travel' for the trips that remove you far from the immediacy of the modern world. We like to t...

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Snuggie World Tour (PHOTOS)

Jen Pollack Bianco | Posted 05.25.2011

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We've all received novelty gifts as holiday presents, and world travelers are no exception. Surely some "person who has everything" will find a Shake ...

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9 'Tips' for Avoiding the Thanksgiving Traffic [PHOTOS]

Black Tomato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malawi, Quebec, Beaches, Snow, Water, Brazil, Namibia, Africa, Slidepollajax, Black Tomato, Bolivia, Alaska, Mongolia, Transportation, Thanksgiving 2010, Travel News

We're approaching one of the busiest travel weekends of the year across the world. Which is why here at Black Tomato, we've been scouring the world fo...

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Dune Climbing on the Dark Continent

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sand Dunes, Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Namib Desert, Skeleton Coast, Adventure Travel, Namibia, Climbing, Sossusvlei, Africa, James Jim Clash, Travel News

Of my excursions to the dark continent, perhaps the most interesting was to Namibia.

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Namibian Women With HIV Sue Government Over Forced Sterilization

AP | PATIENCE NYANGOVE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sterilization, Forced Sterilization, Namibia, Hiv, Hiv Positive, Namibian Women @Y:World, Windhoek, World News

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent held protests to suppor...

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Favorite Friends I've Never Met

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knoxville, News, Pakistan, Margaret Hoeveler, Amazing Women Rock, Technology, Random Thoughts, Colorado, News and Views, Inspiration, Dolly Parton, Sheryl WuDunn, South Africa, Muslim, United States of America, Susan MacCaulay, Karen Daniel, Saudi Arabia, Nicholas Kristof, Swahili, Human Rights, Dubai, Books & Authors, Women | Tags: Kampala, Rockies, Community Service, Philanthropy, Twitter, Nairobi, Fifa, World Cup, Blog, Global Poverty, Half the Sky, Social Networking, Tennessee, Caroline Jones, Youtube, Namibia, Linda Ellerbee, Capetown, Kenya, Judaism, Acid Attacks, Media, Canada, South Dakota, World Report, Travel, Television, Godwin Opuly, Middle East, Religion, Hdnet, Uganda, Vegan, Africa, Zippy Nyaruri, Griff Hoeveler, Beadforlife, Charleston, United States, In the Land of Invisible Women, Hajj, Pennsylvania, Mt. Diablo, Facebook, New York City, Ashton Ramsey, Neil Wanless, Gettysburg, Riyadh, South Carolina, Nascar, Terrorism, Poverty, Qanta Ahmed, Winner, Midlife, Northern California, David Letterman, Nguvu, Denver News

Because of social networking I have a new circle of virtual friends who I enjoy and respect, even though we have never met or for that matter, may never meet.

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Babies Has a High Level of Cuteness

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Babies, Documentary, San Francisco, Mongolia, Tokyo, Namibia, Entertainment News

Watching Babies is like watching home movies of babies who belong to people you don't even know, and who wants to do that?

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