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Japancontinued to struggle with the ailing nuclear reactorsthat posed a threat to the survivors of the March 11 earthquakeand tsunami.
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This major world religion believes in surrender to the will of God as revealed through the prophet Muhammad.

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Baseball's Opening Day
The San Francisco Giantslook to defend their World Seriestitle, while last year’s runner-up Texas Rangersare eyeing a return to the Fall Classic. Derek Jeterhopes to help his Yankeesto a record 28th World Series, while Cardinalsslugger Albert Pujolsseeks to lead his team back to the playoffs.
Native American music (Featured Article)
The music of the native peoples of the Americas serves a number of purposes, both public and private.

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This city, located on the Danube River and founded by the Celts, is Austria’s most populous and its political and cultural capital.
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The only American country that is named for Christopher Colombus, this land presents a remarkable study in contrasts, in both its geography and its society.
Arches National Park (Featured Landmark)
The landscape of this desert area in eastern Utah, U.S., is famous for its red sandstone formations, which come in a variety of unusual shapes, including pinnacles, windows, and arches.

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Neanderthal (Featured Article)
Named for the Neander Valley in Germany, where quarrymen unearthed portions of a skeleton from a cave in 1856, these archetypal “cavemen” are among the best studied of the archaic humans.
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (Featured Biography)
The German chemist, best known for his work with Gustav Kirchhoff, in which he observed that each element emits a light of characteristic wavelength, also contributed to the invention of the Bunsen burner.
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William B. Young, professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University, discusses this condition, which is characterized by painful recurring headaches, sometimes with nausea and vomiting, and is often incapacitating.

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