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Africa
3:24 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

U.S. May Build Base For Drones In Northwest Africa

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

We're going to head west now, from Egypt across Libya to Niger. The Pentagon has signed a deal with the government there. The agreement could allow the U.S. to establish a forward base in Niger so that it could operate drone aircraft across northern and western Africa. NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman has been reporting on the U.S. military's growing presence on the continent. He joins me now here in the studio.

And Tom, how close is the U.S. to actually setting up a drone base in Niger?

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Animals
3:21 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

Study: Domestic Cats Kill Billions Of Birds And Mammals Each Year

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Out For Lunch? Researchers estimate that billions of birds and small mammals are killed by cats in the U.S. annually.
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Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 10:48 pm

The battle between cat lovers and bird lovers has been going on for a long time. Cats and birds just don't mix. But trying to get a handle on how many birds and other animals are being killed by cats isn't easy. Just figuring out how many cats there are is tough enough.

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Europe
1:43 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

How A Spanish City Went Boom, Then Bust

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Valencia spent more than $1.5 billion to build the City of Arts and Sciences, the museum complex shown here in a photo from summer 2011.
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In 2009, Formula One driver Fernando Alonso (from left), Ferrari President Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and Ferrari F1 driver Felipe Massa ride in a Ferrari driven by Valencia's then-regional government president Francisco Camps.
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Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 1:29 pm

The Spanish region of Valencia has been called the "California of Spain" for its gorgeous Mediterranean coastline and modern architecture.

But now Valencia epitomizes the worst of Spain's problems. It had the country's most inflated property market and the biggest crash. Its landscape is littered with empty and half-finished buildings. Valencia has also had an unusually high number of politicians indicted for corruption.

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Latin America
12:21 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

For Your Next Caribbean Vacation, Haiti ... Maybe?

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Mont Joli Hotel looks out over Cap-Haitian in northern Haiti. The owner says he's usually fully booked and plans to double the hotel's capacity. Haiti is trying to expand its tourism infrastructure and tap in to the multibillion-dollar Caribbean travel market.
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Mont Joli Hotel looks out over Cap-Haitian in northern Haiti. The owner says he's usually fully booked and plans to double the hotel's capacity. Haiti is trying to expand its tourism infrastructure and tap in to the multibillion-dollar Caribbean travel market.
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The Allure of the Seas is the newest ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet and the largest cruise ship ever built. It sits at a pier at Labadee on the coast of northern Haiti. Guests go ashore to an enclosed private beach.
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The Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas sits behind the fishing boats and water taxis near the village of Labadee in northern Haiti. Guests of the cruise ship come ashore but are not allowed beyond a fence that separates the locals from the tourists.
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Street vendors peddle cool drinks to drivers stuck in one of the daily traffic jams on Highway 1, which is the main route out of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, to the north. Traffic is one of the obstacles to tourism development in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
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Henri Christophe built the Sans-Souci Palace between 1810 and 1813. Christophe was a former slave who declared himself king of northern Haiti in 1811. He was known as the Roi Christophe or King Henri I.
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A motorcyclist rides along the main promenade in Cap-Haitien next to the harbor and the bay. Haiti has miles of undeveloped beaches and coastline that tourism officials say should be used to attract foreign investment.
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The Sans-Souci Palace, or "Palace Without Worry," in Milot is one of the sites Haitian tourism officials hope will attract visitors. Former slaves built Sans-Souci in the early 1800s, soon after they overthrew the island's French colonial rulers.
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Haitian President Michel Martelly, also known by his stage name "Sweet Micky," is a former musician and businessman. Martelly says tourism can be a major tool to eradicate poverty in his country.
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Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin is attempting to market Haiti as a unique Caribbean vacation spot. "My goal is to reposition Haiti as a tourism destination and attract the leisure tourism," she says.
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Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 1:29 pm

Haiti used to be a tourist hot spot in the Caribbean. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton regularly recounts how he and Hillary honeymooned in Haiti in 1975. There used to be a hopping Club Med just outside Port-au-Prince, but it closed in the '90s.

Now, the Haitian government is trying to revive some of its former allure, launching an aggressive campaign to market the poorest country in the hemisphere as a vacation hub.

President Michel Martelly says tourism could be a major driver of economic growth and could help lift Haitians out of poverty.

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Environment
4:09 pm
Mon January 28, 2013

The Silver Lining In Drought: 5 Upsides To Rain-Free Weather

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John Larson, owner of Snus Hill Winery in Madrid, Iowa, blends wine from Iowa grapes with grapes from other parts of the country. He says the area's lack of rain was really good for grapes.
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Originally published on Mon January 28, 2013 5:23 pm

Drought is mostly seen as a bad thing — and for good reason. It dries up crops, destroys landscaping and stops ships from moving. But even the lack of rain clouds has a bright side.

Good For Grapes

Last summer it seemed like all Midwestern farmers were upset over the lack of rain. But not all of them were; those growing grapes were embracing the drought.

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