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Chicagoan saves one dog at a time from rabies in Africa
NANGALE, Tanzania — Only about half the dogs Anna Czupryna is studying in Tanzania have names. Dogs are different here. They are foragers and night watchmen who are treated more like livestock than pets. But when the dogs of north-central Tanzania...
Tags: England, Africa, Rogers Park, Malaria, Fashion Shows
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Lincoln Park Zoo works to eradicate rabies in Africa
NANGALE, Tanzania — Huddled with his younger brother, the young man laughs easily, conspiratorially, at the commotion caused by the presence of curious foreigners in his family's modest compound outside this small village. But when you ask 19-...
Tags: Africa, National Parks, Symptoms, Biology, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Zoo's anti-rabies program attracts local donations, big and small
Drink lemonade, save a lion. That, more or less, was the pitch made by two Gold Coast kids who set up a beverage stand on their front porch during this year's Air and Water Show to benefit the Lincoln Park Zoo's anti-rabies program near Tanzania's...
Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, Rabies, Vaccines
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Muslim athletes, fasting, and the Olympics
The Religion WorldReligion News Service reporter Omar Sacirby writes about Muslim atheletes competing in the Olympics during Ramadan: Surprisingly, winning one when you’re fasting for Ramadan is not that much harder. At least, not for Suleiman Nyambui of Tanzania,... -
Afghan suicide bomb attack kills 4 civilians; 3 Britons injured
World NowA suicide car bomber who took aim at a Western convoy in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed four Afghan civilians and injured more than 30 other people, including three British nationals who were involved in reconstruction work, Afghan and British... -
Scots aren't the only ones considering independence
World NowScotland, independence, sovereignty, Tibet, Basques, Quebec, Puerto Rico: Scotland could take steps toward seceding from Britain, Henry Chu reports. It isn’t the only place in the world with an independence movement. Click on our photo gallery to... -
Ugandans pull Kony spotlight to mysterious nodding disease
World NowIn the flurry of attention that a viral video on notorious militia leader Joseph Kony has drawn to Uganda, some Ugandans are trying to pull the international spotlight instead to nodding disease, a fatal and mysterious illness that plagues thousands of... -
Teen wins funding for Rock and Roll Hamster Ball business, trip to NY
TribLocal - Arlington Heights » NewsJack Jones loves animals and unique inventions, two qualities that led him to invent the Rock and Roll Hamster Ball, which lights up and plays …... -
Elmhurst non-profit collects shoes for children in Africa
TribLocal - ElmhurstImagine walking out the door and not having a pair of shoes to wear. Treading over rough roads, stones, thorns or even broken glass to …... -
Florida Film Festival to open with ‘Project Nim,’ will honor Victor Nunez
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelFlorida filmmaking legend Victor Nunez will be a guest of honor at this year's Florida Film Festival at a screening of his acclaimed drama “Ruby in Paradise,” the movie that launched Ashley Judd's career. The festival's line-up was announced... -
Jane Goodall's primatology archives to be moved to Duke University
L.A. UnleashedDURHAM, N.C. -- Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall is moving her vast collection of field data to Duke University. Duke spokesman Karl Bates said Thursday the archives on chimpanzees that Goodall gathered during decades of work in Tanzania is being moved........ -
FFF 2011 movie review: Tanzania, a Friendship Journey
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelA couple of platonic pals from the University of Miami go back to the homeland of the guy, Ven (Venance) so that pretty blonde Kristen can see what he went through and what his mother sacrificed to get him to America in “Tanzania: A Friendship...
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