<p>Zack Baddorf reports from Reconciliation Village in Rwanda. Victims of the 1994 genocide and perpetrators of the violence live there together. Ethnic conflict is not their problem now. Poverty is.</p>


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New animated film for Muslim children hits US and Canadian theaters

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First animated feature made by, for and about Muslims hits US and Canadian theaters this weekend

Buddhist monks on national walk for peace

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Buddhist monks on national Walk for Peace receive flowers, tears and gratitude along a NC highway

Sabbath observance dwindling on the islands of Outer Hebrides

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Sabbath observance is dwindling on the islands of the Outer Hebrides

The origin story of the human species is still being written

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Out of Eden Walk

Out of Eden Walk: The origin story of the human species is still being written

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AI is rapidly changing math and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation

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AI is rapidly changing math, and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation

Minnesota's Hmong community feeling betrayed

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Minnesota’s Hmong community feeling a sense of betrayal amid ICE crackdowns

How to eat surströmming — the world's smelliest food — the Swedish way

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Surströmming challenge: How Swedes actually eat the world’s worst-smelling food

A brief history of US, Israeli and Iranian relations

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The computer will see you now

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Formal concerts in informal places

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This family in Prague holds classical music concerts in their own living room

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Trump rules out talks absent Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon

Descriptions of struggle at an art exhibition in Prague

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As climate change melts permafrost, landslides are becoming more dangerous

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As climate change melts permafrost, landslides are becoming more dangerous 

Argentine beef is coming to the US

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Amid surge in exports to US, Argentina aims to reclaim the glory days of its beef

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