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Can conservationists save old fairground in Lebanon?

Once the pride of Tripoli, Lebanon – designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer – the international fairground became another casualty of the 1975 civil war. It hasn't recovered yet.
In Pictures: Unusual Churches
Extreme Makeover Home Edition? UN gets a 21st-century update.

The UN headquarters in New York are being renovated from top to bottom to make the facilities more energy-efficient. Calling Ty Pennington of television's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'
Orchids with a Brazilian flair

The New York Botanical Garden’s orchid show this year honors the father of modern landscape architecture, Roberto Burle Marx.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.