Even as the first day of autumn hovers over American shores, traces of summer linger. So, every year at this time, nearly half a million people step forward to help, to volunteer in an international coastal cleanup and the results can be staggering.

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How do you like a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nature's most luxurious full service, hippos' spas. Our dominant male hippo customer has already arrived here at the Mezima Spring in Kenya, Africa. The carp goes right to work. It uses its wide

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A cat is said to have nine lives because it is more tenacious of life than many animals. People always think that due to the speed, cleverness and flexibility of cats, they can stay alive in most difficult situations when other animals would have be

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The Moon has always been a source of boundless fascination since ancient times. It changes its shape and location with great rapidity in the sky. It is also our closed neighbor and the only other body, besides the Earth, that humans have ever walked

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When he is not on the road holding miracle crusades, he broadcasts to over 100,000 TV viewers a day. It is done by the power of God in Jesus Mighty name. Somebody praise the Lord. Throughout his ministry he claims miracles are abundant. I believe tho

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It's 3 friends with gourmet taste on a search for the perfect cup of coffee that help jump-start the whole specialty coffee revolution in the US. In 1971 after trying the coffee in cafs from Berkeley to Vancouver, Jerry Baldwin and his partners opene

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-I got a phone call. He told me that I want to introduce you to somebody very important.The Lebanese smuggler's ploting paid off. -Then Benjamin Y* introduced me to Issa. War criminal Issa Sesay controlled the diamond mines in Sierra Leone. He also r

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To avoid UN sanctions, arest and heavy fines, he shifted the stones on the false documents. Carrier was right with cash in the bank at Antwerp and went back with rough diamonds hidden in their body cavities. Together they tracks the orgins of r* stor

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The legitimate profits of an illegal trade with a rebel leader who would be convicted for crimes against humanity.-He's ready to give me everything. Well, the profits were enough to make a smuggler millionaire many times over. Dealing with the blood-

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It was becoming clear how the brave and expert thieves pulled off the world's biggest gem robbery. From a flight of stairs in the diamond center car park, they used a stolen key to open the door leading to the vault, and there they somehow managed to

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It is called the Roof of Africa. Rising 19,340 feet nearly 4 miles into the sky, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point on the entire African continent. Located in northeastern Tanzania in east Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is about equal distant from C

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Floating free in the hostile vacuum of space, astronauts push the boundaries of exploration. Join them on an incredible journey as spacecraft Voyager explores the solar system. From planetary orbit, the earth and heavens look serene. But the vacuum

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Transcript (by myconsent) --for reference only Climate change is normally bad news for endangered species, but in the case of Australia s Grey Nurse Shark, some scientists suggest it might actually help their fight for survival. The Grey Nurse Shark

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It's not an easy life for an elephant on Bangkok's busy streets. According to the Associated Press, an elephant in the city must earn about 1,000 US dollars a month to feed itself and make a living for its handler. Using an elephant on the streets t

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Transcript --by myconsent (for reference only) For more than one thousand years, Babylon was one of the worlds most celebrated cities, where King Nebuchadnezzar II is believed to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon , one of The Seven Wonders o

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A heavy sandstorm blanketed Baghdad on Thursday, causing havoc for residents of the Iraqi capital with flights delayed and dozens of residents with respiratory problems taken to hospitals. Many people on the streets of Baghdad wore scarves or masks

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This is East Africa, the Great Rift Valley, a land in constant upheaval. The flamingos and baboons here at Lake Bogoria live in harmony. They share this landscape and all it has to offer. They may not be compatible. But in the midst of Bogoria's bou

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Imagine a summer weekend on a California beach dense with bodies. But for one onlooker, this seemingly calm scene may be a series of accidents waiting to happen. How does a lifeguard know when a raised arm means I need help, not hey,this is fun? The

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The smuggler began to suspect he was being set up. He was vulnerable and carrying more than a quarter of a million dollars. It would be all too easy for blood-thirsty rebels to take his money and his life. -Is he going to kill me, my holy God? Fear f

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Drilling almost a kilometer down into the earths crust, the rocks they brought to the surface have been lying undisturbed for some 3 billion years. The cores were boxed and sent back to Canada for analysis. It took 3 months to get the results. Sure e

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