NPR Topics: Winter Olympics '06NPR's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.Parts of South Africa Dark for Weeks- January 28, 2008 South Africa has declared an electricity emergency and says it will begin to ration power, increase prices and encourage a switch to solar energy. The move follows two weeks of power outages affecting houses, schools and businesses.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18479105&ft=1&f=1092 Africa Update: Peace Deal in Congo- January 22, 2008 This week, Emira Woods talks to NPR's Tony Cox about the latest on the political crisis in Kenya, a possible peace deal in Congo, and Nigeria's lawsuit against big tobacco.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18310480&ft=1&f=1092 German Town's Traffic Plan: Remove Signs, Curbs- January 19, 2008 Bohmte, a small town in Germany, is implementing a "Shared Space" plan to decrease its traffic accident rate: strip a busy main street of road signs, curbs, sidewalks and stop lights, then mix the cars and trucks with pedestrians and bicyclists.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18217318&ft=1&f=1092 |