Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the "Artisans and the Craft Economy in Scotland, c. 1780-1914" project documents the story of artisans and their work during the nineteenth century. Presenting a collection of photographs, portraits, and images of hand-made objects (e.g. jewelry, textiles, metalwork, glass, and ceramics) from various museums and archives across the country, researchers from the...

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Threatened Amazon tribes fight against the odds http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096414383 Indigenous Peoples in Brazil [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/indexenglish.htm Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries [Macromedia Flash Player, pdf] http://www.opec.org/home/ Woods Hole Research Center: Amazon Ecology Program...

Ukraine plans to open Chernobyl, site of massive nuclear disaster, open to tourists in 2011 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/12/13/2010-12-13_ukraine_plans_to_open_chernobyl_site_of_massive_nuclear_disaster_open_to_tourist.html Chernobyl: now open to tourists http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/13/chernobyl-now-open-to-tourists Chernobyl...

Tourists, Vegas residents bring Monopoly game to Strip http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/19/tourists-vegas-residents-bring-monopoly-game-strip/ Official Site for Monopoly http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/ Anti-Monopoly http://www.antimonopoly.com/ What's the significance of the Monopoly playing...

Discontent in Guinea Nears Boiling Point [Free Registration May Be Required] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/world/africa/20guinea.html?em&ex=1172120400&en=d2ac13fce0478e02&ei=5087%0A UNHCR Plans to Repatriate Liberian Refugees From Guinea [Real Player] http://voanews.com/english/2007-02-20-voa27.cfm Call for lifting of stage of siege after week-long news...

Based in New York, the Asia Society has longed distinguished itself through its many public outreach activities, particularly its conferences, lecture series, and educational outreach efforts. Their website is a part of such efforts, and their recently launched podcasts series continues in this enjoyable vein. The podcasts began in September 2008, and currently include conversations regarding...

Created in 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is headquartered in Manila. Their operations extend across 67 countries, and their primary mission is "to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people." In order to achieve this goal, ADB offers loans, technical assistance, grants, advice, and knowledge. Along the top of their homepage,...

As the series producer, Laurence Rees, mentions in the introduction to this engaging online presentation, "Auschwitz is unique. It has a physical beginning in May 1940 and physical ending in January 1945, and is the site of the single largest mass murder in the history of humanity." The overall focus of this website is to offer an informed and nuanced attempt to understand the extermination...

Immigration cuts shock refugee advocates http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/02/2048781.htm?section=justin The rights of all refugees http://www.theage.com.au/news/editorial/the-rights-of-all-refugees/2007/10/02/1191091111204.html Syria: UNHCR presses for "humanitarian visas" as Syria closes border to Iraqis http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-77LJEC?OpenDocument The...