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Articles in May 2004 issue of National Geographic

• Place of the standing stones: unearthing a king from the dawn of the Maya.
  by Tarpy, Cliff
• Europe's big gamble: this month, ten countries--eight from the old Soviet bloc--join the European Union. Longtime members are betting that an expanded Europe will rival the U.S. as an economic superpower. But the newest EU citizens have more pressing conc
  by Belt, Don
• Change of heartland: America's rural interior searches for new horizons.(The Great Plains: Part 1)
  by Mitchell, John G.
• ZipUSA: 41858: different drummers.(Whitesburg, Kentucky)
  by Brookes, Tim
• Black Sea, 2003: explorer Bob Ballard has never faced so many problems at once: denied permits red tape dashed hopes media circus cash crunch ticking clock meanwhile, 1,000 feet below ... ... ancient wrecks await.
  by De Jonge, Peter
• Hanoi: shedding the ghosts of war.
  by Lamb, David