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  Eco-friendlier Travel Site Launches

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:19 PM ET

  click over to ekoVenture.The new travel site specializes in eco-friendlier travel adventures such as biking in the Himalayas and diving in the Philippines. It's not the first eco-tourism site, "but most of them look like they were slapped together by hippies instead of Web designers," as Read More

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  Invasive Species? Break Out the Sewing Machine

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  Water hyacinth, an invasive free-floating weed, can be made into textiles, helping communities whose weed-choked waterways have curtailed livelihoods. Read More

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  MicroEnsure Opens Kenyan Office

  By John Casey | Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:33 PM ET

  company that serves the needs of the poor, is opening a new office in Kenya after its ongoing success in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, India and the Philippines, according to an article in africanewsbreak.com The company's goal is to reach sustainability for insurance companies to grow loca Read More

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  Thrilla in Manila 2

  By David Jenison | Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:30 AM ET

  Philippine prisoners stage another 1,500-person Michael Jackson tribute Read More

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• YouTube Sensations Honor Michael Jackson

  By Jimmy Langman | Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:27 PM ET

  other creative international tribute to Michael Jackson worth noting is that of the 1500 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention Center in the Philippines. Two years ago, a dance to the Jackson tune “Thriller” that they performed as part of a prison rehab program was uploaded to YouTub Read More

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  Visit the Philippines ...or Just Say You Did

  By Rachel Felder | Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:30 PM ET

  to visit, particularly if you're the type of traveler that veers away from big cities and likes to explore. And one destination most tourists to the Philippines often miss is Mindanao, even though it's the country's second-biggest island and is even the eighth most densely populated island on th Read More

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