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ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about United Nations

The Accidental Ecotourist - 1-1-2003

Can a tourist have a good vacation and do good at the same time? What, exactly, qualifies as ecotourism, anyway?

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...What qualifies as ecotourism, anyway? As the United Nations celebrates the International Year of Ecotourism,...

...experience Beyond that, agendas diverge. The United Nations places special emphasis on helping local...

Vision Quest - 11-1-2005

When Bobby Haas isn‚t busy building up his successful leveraged-buyout firm, he‚s dangling from helicopters to take pictures of some of the world‚s most dangerous wildlife. Why, you ask? Let him tell you ... By

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...go to conservation in Africa - in 2002, the United Nations recognized him for his contributions to...

...contributions to conservation by giving him the United Nations Environmental Programme award. And Haas has put...

The Sounds Of Summer - 6-1-2002

Summertime is here and with it, all varieties of music festivals step into the sunlight, blues, country, jazz, opera, and more.

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...jazz formula. The opening-night gala includes United Nations ambassadors, a four-course dinner, and the Woody...

Gettin' Away From It All - 6-15-2003

Nature calls its suitors to an exquisite shoreline and a smattering of enchanting and little-known islands off Virginias east coast.

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...Conservancy, the federal government, even the United Nations, which has declared them unique and beautiful...

New York State Of Mind - 4-15-2007

CSIs Marg Helgenberger loves New York for the accents, the street-vendor hot dogs, the hotel bars, the three Bs - how much time do you have?

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...Park , (212) 639-9675, www.nycgovparks.org United Nations , (212) 963-8687, www.un.org SERVICES ...

Eat Like A Local - D.c. - 9-15-2007

* * * Built to Impress * * *Perfectly situated near the mountains, the ocean, and the desert, slightly funky Portland is naturally eclectic. Known for a thriving art...

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...like New York''s Lever House and the United Nations Building. What set it apart? Among other ...

Web Exclusive - All Hail the King - 9-15-2009

Tigeorges Laguerre is on a mission to save Haiti — or at least one little part of it — one coffee bean at a time.

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...a country on the brink of collapse, policed by United Nations soldiers and propped up by international relief...

A Friend Of The People - 4-1-2008

Bamboo has become such a popular material for a plethora of products that its very existence is being threatened.

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...is exploding, but the supply is endangered. A United Nations report warns that as many as half the...

Restaurants - 7-1-2003

FOR LATIN LOVERS Nuevo Latino legend Douglas Rodriguez recently opened not one but two new eateries convenient to westbound and eastbound travelers. In Scottsdale, Arizona, he debuts DESEO (480-624-1000), at the new Westin Ki...

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...ceviche bar for lively kitchen views. Near the United Nations in New York, the similarly spacious OLA ...

A Weekend In ... Washington, D.c. - 5-1-2005

For Your Viewing Pleasure Reveler, artist, and absinthe drinker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec put the French district of Montmartre on the 19th-century map through his dance hall posters and cabaret-act paintings — and travelers still ...

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...D.C.’s global outlook with a virtual United Nations of interior goods. Check out furniture from...

One Man’s Stand - 7-15-2008

After 22 years of walking the planet and 17 years of silence, John Francis learned that the best way for us to save Mother Earth is simply to care for one another. Now he's spreading the word.

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...spending six months in Barbados to attend a United Nations conference, he arrived in Venezuela in September...

Green Hall Of Fame -- And Infamy. - 7-15-2008

Before society embraced environmentalism, several hardy souls and a few gut-wrenching episodes of environmental disaster helped to bring home the importance of safeguarding our planet.

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... even beyond the Nobel Prize Gore shares with the United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Beyond Lima - 11-1-2004

Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo believes tourism is the key to his countrys growth. Here, this native expert shows us all the reasons we should visit.

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... 1974, Toledo taught at Harvard and worked at the United Nations and World Bank before returning home to enter...

Sumo Snow - 12-1-2006

When it comes to skiing the powder on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, bigger is definitely better.

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... suggests we drink until it snows. Nodding to the United Nations of ski bums spread around his chalet, Yamazaki...

Good Cheer? Bah, Humbug. - 12-15-2006

PRETTY MUCH everyone agrees that this time of year is special. There is even the song that goes, "something or other ... whadda whadda ... It's the most wonderful time of the year." And indeed it is. And do you know why this time of year is so special?

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...have considered requesting the occasional United Nations peacekeeping force. Now, here''s the...

There’s No Place Like - 1-15-2007

Dorothy was right, after all. But if you can't be at home, here are some of your favorite next-best places to be.

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...and warm-hearted. Does the World Bank or the United Nations ever measure those statistics? Although Mali is...

Trapped In Paradise - 9-15-2007

Emperors and sultans once banished noblemen and unwanted family members to the Princes Islands, near Istanbul. If only we could all be so lucky.

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...we don''t speak. It''s like a party at the United Nations, but without any translators. The little girl...

Street Smarts - 8-15-2009

Long before Bob the Builder and Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street was pioneering children’s educational entertainment -- and the show is still as relevant and engaging as ever. What’s the secret to its staying power?

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...Maya Angelou, former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Annan, and barrier-breaking athlete Arthur...

Mac Daddy - 9-1-2009

GABRIEL MACHT has come a long way from his days of getting paid in cheeseburgers. This month, he hits the big screen in the so-cool-it’s-hot blockbuster Whiteout.

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...Beckinsale in Whiteout , in which he plays a United Nations operative investigating Antarctica’s first...

...Beckinsale in Whiteout , in which he plays a United Nations operative investigating Antarctica’s first...