DOUBLEtruck Magazine Issue 5 August - January 2006

World’s Best News Pictures Aug. 11, 2005 - Feb. 2, 2006

Drought in the Amazon Out of Luck in the Big Easy USA’s Dirty Drug Bali Bombing London’s Big Bang Earthquake in Pakistan

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Black Copter Apr. 30, 2005 - Baghdad, Iraq - A CIA spy helicopter flies over the Tigris River.

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Welcome to a special double issue of DOUBLEtruck Magazine! This issue contains images taken between Aug. 11, 2005, and Feb. 2, 2006.

We kick off with the best in news and reportage photojournalism—photos depicting the wrath of Hurricane Katrina and the damage from Pakistan’s massive earthquake and on going Iraq war. Then we follow that section with timeless, never-been-seen content in a special section beginning on page 72. This issue is 100 pages with over 45 doubletruck spreads!

Yes, we’re talking 100 pages! It’s our biggest issue yet.

New to this issue is the photographer backstory, where the photojournalist describes, in their own words, what went into making their amazing image possible.

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Our next issue comes out September 2006. It’s the Visa pour L’Image - International Photojournalism Festival - Perpignan Special Issue!

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Global Warming Is Here and Everywhere

Marr Glacier, Antarctica - Researchers from Palmer Station on Anvers Island explore a melting edge of the Marr Glacier off of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Glaciologists from the British Antarctic Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey then compared more than 2,000 aerial photos and 100 satellite images of 244 glaciers to find that 87 percent have calved off, thinned and/or pulled back.

“It appears that in recent times this large mixed population of floating and tidewater glaciers has responded synchronously” to a climatic warming, the scientists wrote in Science. Due to global warming, the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed up rapidly, about 6 degrees over the past 50 years. Winter sea ice has decreased by more than 20 percent since 1973.

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BACKSTORY: JIM GEHRZ

Jim’s Favorite Photograph(s)

Against All Odds, the Staff Sgt. Jessica Clements story, by award-winning photjournalist Jim Gehrz, who lives to capture the moment.

I have to say that I have two favorite photographs from the story about Jessica Clements.

The first is the portrait of her in bed, with hands clasped, staring into the distance. There is just one frame of that moment, but it seems to have captured the essence of her physical as well as inner beauty while also showing the precarious nature of her condition. In this portrait, I see more than just a soldier, I see the anguished look of beautiful young woman who instead of excitedly looking to the future has been forced to confront her own mortality and the reality of an uncertain future. The other photograph I enjoy most is the one where Jessica is looking up and laughing as she plans for her future at home in Ohio; her mother plays with Jessica’s niece in the background. The contrast between the two photographs, the one with hands clasped and the smile, is jarring. Seeing Jessica’s natural, enthusiastic smile after

Minneapolis Star Tribune Photo Assignment #89440. VA Medical Center, 10 a.m.

The assignment sheet read: need photographs of Dr. Barbara Sigford as she performs rehabilitation work with soldiers who have sustained brain injuries in Iraq.

Another staff photojournalist had been assigned, but there was a scheduling conflict and I ended up going instead. While driving to the hospital, our director of photography, Peter Koeleman, called and asked me to keep an eye open for any patients who might make a good subject for a story dealing with the broader issue of large numbers of soldiers returning from this war who, due to better body armor than in previous conflicts, were surviving terrible injuries that would have proved fatal in the past.

The instant reporter Maura Lerner and I met Staff Sgt. Jessica Clements--an engaging young soldier who was able to flash a wonderful smile despite having suffered a near-fatal head injury caused by a roadside bomb blast--we knew we had found a very special person whose story would eloquently embody the plight of so many others who had received life-threatening injuries.

Our first obstacles to getting the story involved protective staff members at the VA hospital. Fortunately, when Maura and I met with Jessica and her mother, we were able to convince them and hospital staff of our sincere commitment to the story and Jessica’s well-being.

We followed Jessica and her mother for several weeks of rehabilitation at the VA hospital until she was ready to endure an operation at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Md., that would repair the portion of her skull that had been removed to relieve brain swelling. Gaining access for her surgery proved to be a more difficult challenge.

Jessica flew to Washington, DC, where she stayed at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). When we called the PR folks at WRAMC, they said she would have her operation at the NNMC. When we called the NNMC, a PR person informed us that she would definitely not have surgery there. This was untrue, and when we explained this to him, he seemed to become even more determined to prevent us from gaining access. At one point, he said that Jessica did not want to participate in the story anymore (he, in fact, had never talked with her), and he even left a message saying that “he intended to turn the story off.” Of course, in a democracy, there is no bigger challenge to those of us working in a free press than to have a military official (or government) threaten to do something he has no authority or moral right to do. There is also no bigger challenge to two quiet but profoundly determined newspaper reporters. The PR person had no idea what he had unleashed. Maura and I took turns on the phone, calling him, calling others in the office and even appealing to those above him.

Ultimately, despite no assurances from the military representatives, we flew to DC and hoped that our persistence would prevail. It finally did, and a PR person agreed to escort us to her room prior to surgery (unfortunately, not before being detained by the military police for half an hour outside the NNMC because we looked suspicious). Once inside and about 15 feet from Jessica’s room, the PR man turned to me and said, “You realize that no pictures will be allowed.” I was shocked, but after a brief, somewhat intense discussion, I accepted that our story would likely end prematurely because I felt that I could not place Jessica in the middle of a heated argument. I disappointedly put my cameras down and entered Jessica’s room to wish her well.

The first thing Jessica and her mother asked me was, “Where are your cameras?” When I explained what had happened, they both objected, and due to their insistence, I was allowed to continue the story. I did the best I could in the time allotted, and when I checked the time stamps on my digital files, it turned out that I had been given about four minutes of access before Jessica was wheeled into the operating room. For the newspaper, that came to more than $1,000 per minute.

I flew back one week later for another photo session at NNMC, and this time I was given about a half an hour.

The final leg of the story found Jessica returning home to her family in Ohio. After making the 14-hour drive to Akron, I was rewarded with the amazing smile of a soldier who had proudly served her country and was finally home, safe and in the arms of those who cherish her most. It was an especially heartwarming sight for me because her journey home had become a very personal one. My own son, Michael, was now in harm’s way serving as a Navy medic on the ground with Marines in Iraq. In the course of covering Jessica’s amazing story, I came to appreciate how important it was not only for our readers but also for me personally to see her get home safely.

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Jul 28, 2004 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Staff Sgt. Jessica Clements, 27, faces months of rehabilitation and additional medical procedures in order to recover from serious injuries she suffered while on duty in Iraq. One of Clementsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goals is to walk down the aisle without the aid of a cane at her own wedding.

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Face-off © DUSTIN SNIPES

Aug. 14, 2005 - Spokane, Washington, USA – The Spokane Indians’ German Duran dashes back to first base after a quick move by the pitcher during the seventh inning against the Eugene Emeralds at Avista Stadium.

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Club Med, Jihad-Style Aug. 17, 2005 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Israel – Islamic Jihad holds a victory rally celebrating Israel’s evacuation of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.

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House of Pain Aug. 20, 2005 - Accra, Ghana, Africa - This Ghanaian boxer takes a strong punch to the eye during his training session.

Ghana is famous for its boxers, some of whom have both world and Commonwealth championships. All of them have been trained locally in Jamestown, where 21 clubs have set up facilities in schools, private houses and old colonial buildings so young boxers come and work out every day between 3 and 6 p.m.

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Hurricane Katrina Storm of the Century

Aug. 29, 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Hurricane Katrina was an extraordinarily powerful and deadly storm. One of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States, with 1,420 deaths, Katrina was also the costliest natural disaster, amassing over $75 billion in damages.

Katrina is surpassed by the Galveston, Texas, hurricane in 1900 that claimed at least 8,000 fatalities. Hurricane Katrinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storm surge was what made the storm so deadly.

Levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans were breached by the surge, which resulted in the flooding of about 80 percent of the city.

Many survivors found themselves homeless, like Henry Rhodes, who sits in a New Orleans Police Department boat after being rescued in the 7th Ward on North Miro Street.

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The Aftermath

Aug. 31, 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Boats are scattered about at a yacht club on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

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NO Place to Go Sept. 2, 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Hurricane Katrina survivors are brought to this evacuation staging area at Causeway Boulevard and Interstate 10. Thousands are stuck here with no place to go and no idea when they might leave.

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Super Storm Versus Superdome Sept. 8, 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Light streams in through the Superdomeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hurricane Katrina-damaged roof.

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Faces of Katrina Sept. 12-16, 2005 - Violet, Louisiana, USA - A handful of water-damaged photos survive the floodwaters that drowned 34 bedridden St. Ritaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nursing Home patients left alone to contend with the hurricane and storm surge. The owners of the nursing home are being charged with negligent homicide.

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All Safe Sept. 1, 2005 - Busan, South Korea - South Korean policemen participate in a training exercise during the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) special security team opening ceremony. The APEC Security Force was established to ensure a safe 2005 APEC summit, hosted in the port city of Busan Nov. 18 and 19.

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SALT AND PEPPER Sept. 9, 2005 - Nimes, France - Epic rain in Southern France strands three horses and a donkey.

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Heads Sept. 11, 2005 - Washington, DC, USA - On the fourth anniversary of 9/11, General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, watches the coin toss at the first game of the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2005-2006 season, in which the Washington Redskins battle the Chicago Bears at FedEx Field.

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GAZA NO MORE Sept. 11, 2005 - Gush Katif, Gaza Strip, Israel - Israeli troops complete their withdrawal from the Gaza Strip more than 38 years after capturing the narrow coastal area.

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Valley of Fire Sept. 28, 2005 - Los Angeles, California, USA - Los Angeles County and Ventura County firefighters battle a brush fire that started along the Simi Valley freeway in Chatsworth, California. The first Santa Ana winds of the fall fan eight brush fires across Southern California, threatening dozens of homes near Chatsworth, Moorpark and the hills above Redlands.

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Bali Bomb Blast Oct. 1, 2005 - Kuta, Bali, Indonesia - Victims are whisked away after six bombs explode in the famous Jimbaran tourist area while a wedding is taking place. Twenty-five people are killed and hundreds are injured.

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TROPICAL STORM Stan Attacks EL Salvador Oct. 3, 2005 - Colon, El Salvador - A Salvadorian firefighter carries the body of a young boy who died buried in the mud with his family in the city of Colon, approximately 20 kilometers west of the Salvadorian capital.

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Amazing Grace Oct. 9, 2005 - Dalat, Vietnam - Buddhist monks chant at Pongour Falls, the largest waterfall in Dalat.

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Running Out of Time Oct. 14, 2005 - Muzaffarabad, Pakistan - More than 70,000 people were killed when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan on Oct. 8. Medical teams have been unable to reach many damaged areas, and they lack doctors and supplies. Pictured here: Hatiga carries Parvin after receiving care at one of the two hospitals open in Pakistan.

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Counting Chickens Oct. 24, 2005 - Shanghai, China - Poultry vendors sleep on cages in a chicken house at a poultry trade market. Earlier this week, a bird-flu outbreak sickened 2,100 geese in Eastern China and killed about a quarter of them.

The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed today that the birds died of the H5N1 virus near Tianchang, a city in the Anhui province.

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Swinging with Wilma Oct. 24, 2005 - Key West, Florida, USA - Nine-year-old Stephanie Francois manages to make the best of things, despite the fact that Hurricane Wilma flooded her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apartment and neighborhood park.

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GETTING HIS GROOVE ON Oct. 26, 2005 - Oahu, Hawaii, USA - Pro surfer Kelly Slater rides one of his favorite waves in the world, Backdoor. In a couple weeks, Slater will make history by claiming an incredible seventh Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour crown.

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THIRSTY AMAZON Oct. 27, 2005 - Barreirinha, Amazon, Brazil - A big riverboat gets trapped on a sand bank during one of the worst droughts ever recorded in the Amazon. The drought, which some scientists blame on global warming, has dried up huge portions of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest river, killing tens of millions of fish, stranding hundreds of remote communities and spreading disease and economic hardship across the region.

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OPEN HOUSE Oct. 28, 2005 - Hypoluxo, Florida, USA - Stu Davidson takes a break while salvaging what he can from his Hurricane Wilmaravaged mobile home in the Hypoluxo Harbor Club, where he and his wife Barbara have lived for 12 years.

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26 YEARS AND COUNTING...

Nov. 2, 2005 - Tehran, Iran - A woman walks past a pistol painted on the wall of the former American Embassy. On Nov. 4, Iranians will commemorate the 26th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by student militants in 1979, when 52 American diplomats were held hostage for 444 days.

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Burn, Baby, Burn Nov. 8, 2005 - Lyon, France - Ignoring the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s threat of a curfew, youths riot for the twelfth night in France, injuring 4 policemen and torching more than 800 vehicles around the country.

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Giraffes Hanging with the Joneses Nov. 18, 2005 - Nairobi, Kenya - Rick and Bryony Anderson have a colony of wild giraffes on their 150-acre Kenyan estate. The giraffes come to the house to be fed fresh fruit twice a day.

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WE WANT NUKES Nov. 18, 2005 - Natanz, Iran - Thousands of Iranians form a human chain around the Natanz uranium-enrichment facility during a rally to show support for the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear program.

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BIRTHDAY TRAGeDY

Nov. 25, 2005 - Yorkshire, England, U.K. - Four-year-old Lydia Beshenivsky is comforted by her newly widowed father, Paul. Her mother, Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky, was killed in the line of duty Nov. 18, Lydiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday.

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On Nov. 18, West Yorkshire Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky was killed during a robbery in Bradford, England. She was shot on her daughter Lydia’s fourth birthday. Sadly enough, Sharon had changed her shift to ensure she was home in time for her birthday party.

Sharon, 38, had been a serving as constable for only nine months.

She was the sixth female officer to die in the line of duty in England and Wales, the second female officer to be fatally shot (the first was Yvonne Fletcher in an incident involving the Libyan Embassy in 1984) and the first female officer to die in an ordinary gun crime. She had three children and two stepchildren. Another police officer, PC Teresa Millburn, was also shot in the incident, receiving wounds to the shoulder. Closed-circuit television cameras in Bradford tracked a car rushing from the scene and used an automatic number plate recognition system to trace its owners. This led to the arrest of six suspects, but all were later released.

Police named Mustaf Jama (25), Yusaf Jama (19) and Muzzaker Shah (24) as prime suspects. Yusaf was arrested in Birmingham on Nov. 26 and was subsequently charged with murder and robbery. On Dec. 12, Muzzaker was arrested in Newport, Wales, and was later charged with her murder. Mustaf remains at large.

Sharon was an “enthusiastic, mature and very positive colleague” with an infectious laugh, said Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn. “I think her inspector said it all for me when he said he would have liked 30 Sharons on the shift.” Sharon had been a police community support officer for two years before joining the Yorkshire force. She died after being shot in the chest, the chief constable said. He confirmed Sharon had been wearing body armor, which provided limited ballistic protection, but the shot had penetrated her chest. Sharon’s funeral took place on Jan. 11 in Bradford Cathedral.

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Dead but Not Forgotten Nov. 25, 2005 - Tehran, Iran - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gathers for Friday prayers during the funeral for 110 unknown Iranian martyrs from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. The martyrsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; remains were only recently recovered.

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No Hijack, No Way Dec. 1, 2005 - Xiamen, Fujian, China - An armed Chinese policeman tries to rescue a flight attendant held by a hijacker during an antiterror drill at a Xiamen airport. China set up anti-hijack squads in major cities in 2003 in order to foil any political and terrorist hijacking attempts.

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A LONG WAY FROM HOME Dec. 10, 2005 - Bayji, Iraq - Infantrymen from Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment go up the stairwell of a home during a raid.

The unit is looking for two men wanted for building roadside bombs.

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London’S BIG BANG Dec. 11, 2005 - London, England, U.K. - A Buncefield fuel-storage depot burns out of control after what was described as “the biggest explosion to have taken place in peacetime Europe.” The explosion, heard from 100 miles away, injures 42 people.

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CSI, Russian-Style Dec 20, 2005 - Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia - Local anti-terrorist police forces, along with federal troops, carry out a number of operations in an attempt to stop a series of terrorist attacks on government officials and police units.

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Crash, Stolen and Raped

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Feb 2, 2006 - New York, New York, USA - For most Americans, cars are prized possessions. But in the Big Apple, cars are victims of the city’s abuse. These road warriors lie alongside the byways and highways of the five boroughs like monuments to some lost time.

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Rainforest Showdown Sarawak, Malaysia - Along Sega, a nomadic Penan chief, confronts a logging truck in the Baram district. Sega, the leader of all the nomadic Penan in the Limbang district, has been blockading a logging road in order to stop the destruction of his rainforest home since June 14, 2002.

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Woman Warriors of Iraq Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq - There are now almost 200 students at the Erbil Police Academy, and 21 of them are women. The academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s university-level education is divided into two parts. One part is theoretical, and the other part is practical education. After graduation, women are given the title of sub-lieutenant, and most take jobs at the airport.

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Seeds of Doubt Richvale, California, USA - Bryce Lundberg and his dog Chief get pelted with rice and barley during the planting season on his organic rice farm. A promising new report about genetically modified corn recently appeared on a Website sponsored by the cornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate creator, biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. Citing new research by the University of California, Davis, the report said corn altered to produce its own pesticide could make farmers across the country wealthier and reduce the use of toxic insecticides. But there was one fact the Biotech Knowledge Center Website failed to mention: Monsanto paid for the UCDavis research. Following a pattern set by farm chemical companies in the 1960s, the biotechnology industry is mining public agricultural colleges like UC Davis for scientific research, confidential business advice and academic support for its technology. At UC Davis, biotechnology companies helped pay for laboratory studies, scholarships, postdoctoral studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; salaries, professorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; travel expenses and even the campus utility bill. Some professors earn extra money, up to $2,000 a month, consulting for such companies on the side.

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Twister Sisters Kadoka, South Dakota, USA - Twister Sister Melanie Metz of St. Cloud, Minnesota, photographs a low-precipitation supercell. The supercell produces a few small tornados and joins a front that roars across the Dakotas and slams into the Twin Cities. Widely considered to be the best among the 1000-plus serious storm chasers across the U.S., the Twister Sisters are pseudo celebrities in meteorology circles. Driven by their passion for big weather, the two use serious science and uncanny instincts to calculate where Mother Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mighty blow will strike next.

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Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dirty Drug Los Banos, California, USA - Officers from the Central Valley Methamphetamine Task Force High Intensity Drug Traffic Area (HIDTA) wear chemical suits to sift through the lab waste dumped in an orchard by meth producers. Since 2000, authorities estimate that over 5,000,000 pounds of toxic waste from meth labs has been dumped into the fertile soil in Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Valley. The Central Valley, considered the meth capital of America, is populated with methamphetamine super labs that produce large amounts of meth for nationwide distribution. These super labs are operated by Mexican drug-trafficking organizations, which import meth-making substances from Europe, the Middle East and Far East. Then they move their supplies, labor and the finished product across the border into the Golden State.

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Not Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Cordova, Tennessee, USA - Sheryle Langford, a mother of four daughters, is angry that 49-year-old Bob Talley was released from jail after serving only 30 days on his first rape conviction. Talley raped Langford’s teenage daughter. Langford is angrily protesting Talley’s return home, as he lives just two doors down.

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NO DOCTORS Jurm District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan - The keeper of Jurm Hospital is standing in what will be the maternity ward. This two-floor hospital has been fully refurbished

by WHO and UNFPA. The building has not been used for the last two years because, apparently, there are no doctors. According to UN data, Badakhshan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. One in 15 women die during childbirth.

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Guangxi, China - A truck loaded with beer has an accident at Guilin, and tons of beers pour onto the street. According to the owner, the accident occurred because the truck was overloaded.

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The Forgotten Ones Aug. 15, 2005 - Outside of Iriba, Chad â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This Iridimi refugee camp is home to over 14,000 refugees who fled the conflict in Darfur after the Janjaweed attacked their villages. An estimated two million Sudanese have been displaced, and over 200,000 have fled into neighboring Chad. Children are the smallest witnesses of horror, having seen their villages burned, their mothers and sisters raped and their fathers and brothers killed.

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