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2020-11-06 15:59:12 Mangrove Trees Fight Poverty in Eritrean Village

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2020-11-05 15:29:57 Fake Medicines Pose Global Danger
The World Bank and other groups say about 40 percent of the drugs in parts of Africa and South America are either counterfeit or of poor quality. Experts say the use of such medicines can lead to treatment failure and even death. Experts working to stop this counterfeit drug traffic met recently in Washington. Louise Shelley heads the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University in Virginia. LOUISE SHELLEY: "We're focusing much more on narcotics trafficking rather than on counterfeits that can do harm to many more individuals than consuming of illicit drugs." She says only an organized international effort can deal with this kind of organized crime. LOUISE SHELLEY: "I think WHO, I think the law enforcement community, I think consumer organizations, civil society everybody has a role in demanding greater quality control."
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2020-11-05 15:28:07 Prayers for Nature at 'Surf City' Beach
Surfers are out early most mornings to catch the waves at Huntington Beach, about an hour south of Los Angeles. They call this area "Surf City." For Tom Morey, surfing is a passion, and a way of life. TOM MOREY: "Surfing to me is creation's most succinct metaphor, best metaphor, for how to live your life. Surf your life." Once a year, the surfers meet to talk about their love of the ocean at a worship service, called "Blessing of the Waves." The service is open to people of all beliefs. A Muslim leads an Islamic prayer. Someone else blows a traditional Jewish ram's horn called a shofar. Maneck Bhujwala, a Zoroastrian, reads a prayer in the ancient Avestan language. MANECK BHUJWALA:So we have actually prayers for all the major elements of nature, including the water.A group of immigrants from the nation of Tonga sang. Two Roman Catholic clergymen also were there. After the service,87 year old Christian Mondor went surfing.
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