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Landslide kills 20 in Tanzania

Four days of heavy rains triggered a landslide that killed 12 children and eight adults near Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania, authorities said Friday.

Glaciers disappearing from Kilimanjaro

The ice and snow that cap majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are vanishing before our eyes.

FSB: A free lunch

I'd always dreamed of exploring Africa, ever since I read my first Tarzan comic as a child. Finally, in 2004, to celebrate my 60th birthday, I went to Tanzania to experience a safari and climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Seated next to me on the flight from California was Tanzania's minister of water and wildlife development. We talked for thousands of miles, and he made arrangements for me to visit a school in the Monduli district, east of Kilimanjaro.

SI.com: Tim Layden: Boston Marathon tops Bucket List

1. Boston Marathon I was once a good runner. Not Olympic/NCAA good, but better-than-most-road racers good. I ran 32:50 for 10K and 50:59 for 15K and several times tried training for a marathon, but on each occasion got injured. This was 25 years ago. Now I have arthritis in one knee and can't run much, so I ride a bike. I have covered many Boston Marathons, but never ran it. I wish I had. I wish I had just sucked it up, qualified, and run it once relatively slowly, even in the years long after my prime.

American mountaineer fights Taliban with books, not bombs

Greg Mortenson brushed his tears away. His body sagged when he saw it happen. The prize he had sought for 78 agonizing days was slipping from his view.

120 degrees + 150 miles - toilet = fun

Let's just say it. The whole thing sounds insane.

Chelsea star Cole apologizes after arrest

Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole has apologized to London police for a foul-mouthed tirade that led to him being arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Time.com: British Court Deems Gore Film 'Political'

Al Gore may have just won the Nobel Peace Prize, but some of his ideas are under fire in the British court system

Lizzie Cameron in Musoma

Lizzie Cameron is a 26-year old graphic designer from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Arctic sea ice cover at record low

Ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, long held to be an early warning of a changing climate, has shattered the all-time low record this summer, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder.

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