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Tag Archives: New York Times

Airlines Fly the Skies on a Sugar High

October 7, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times October 7, 2014 The red-and-white Boeing 737 looked like any other plane on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport. But on a clear day last July, the […]

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Business, Clean energy, Environment

The Power, and Process, of a Simple Solution

August 14, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times August 14, 2014 Khulna, Bangladesh — On a hot morning in southern Bangladesh, an hour from the port city of Khulna, parents with small children waited at […]

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Bangladesh, Public health, Rural poverty, Women & Children

Bangladesh’s Chance to Get It Right

April 23, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times, Fixes April 23, 2014 Bangladesh is hardly known for its workplace safety. But one unlikely success story can be found in a leading shipbuilding company called Western […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Public health, Women & Children

In Bangladesh, a Vibrant Contemporary Scene

March 14, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International New York Times March 14, 2014 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Political turmoil and violent nationwide strikes regularly disrupted life in Bangladesh last year. But on a hot night in Dhaka, […]

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Arts, Bangladesh, Culture, Travel

India Increases Effort to Harness Biomass Energy

October 9, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times October 9, 2013 GHANAUR, India — THE hulking power plant set against the green countryside of Punjab state in northwest India does not look like a source of renewable […]

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Business, Clean energy, Environment, India

Working on Tibet’s Future, From India

August 2, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times Weekly August 2, 2013 DHARAMSALA, India —  In a spacious classroom in this northern Indian hill town, 20 young Tibetan men and women sit in front of […]

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Culture, India, Tibet

In Bangladesh, More Shelter From the Storms

July 24, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times, Fixes July 23, 2013 KHULNA, Bangladesh — In May 2009, Cyclone Aila swept over the southwestern coast of this country and lashed the small village where Rashida […]

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Bangladesh, Environment, Public health, Rural poverty, Water, Women & Children

Precarious Lives, Rising Threats

May 25, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times Weekly May 25, 2013 Khulna, Bangladesh On a recent hot spring morning, Israfil Gazi went alone into the Sunderbans, the mangrove forests in southwest Bangladesh, in search […]

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Bangladesh, Environment, Rural poverty, Water

Market for Bear Bile Threatens Asian Population

January 28, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times.com January 28, 2013 The six bears that arrived this month at Animals Asia, an animal rescue center in China, had the grisly symptoms of inhumane bile milking. Greenish bile […]

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Animals, China, Environment

After a Fatal Rape, Paths to Change

January 24, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times Weekly January 24, 2013 NEW DELHI — Crowds converged in Delhi last month to protest the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student that shocked […]

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India, Women & Children

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