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Alley Reflects New Delhi's Class War

India's past and future clash in a New Delhi alley. Two blocks of tall apartments full of middle-class residents loom over a rat-infested slum filled with men, women and children who have migrated to the capital from the countryside in search of work.

Alley Reflects New Delhi's Class War

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Indonesia Wary of Protests over Gas Prices

More than 5,000 police are guarding Indonesian government buildings ahead of expected protests over fuel-price hikes. President Yudhoyono will raise prices 87 percent Saturday to help cut crippling energy subsidies. Panic buying has already begun.

Indonesia Wary of Protests over Gas Prices

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Thursday

Food Program Pressured in N. Korea

North Korean officials are pressuring the World Food Program to do more development work instead of simply providing food. That means the group not only has to negotiate with Pyongyang, it also has to persuade the Bush administration, which has been cutting back aid to North Korea in recent years.

Food Program Pressured in N. Korea

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Military Brass Revise Timetable for Troops in Iraq

Top U.S. military commanders are revising assessments of how soon U.S. troops can begin withdrawing from Iraq. Gen. George Casey said before a skeptical Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. troops may be able to return home next year. But he also said there is currently just one Iraqi battalion capable of combat.

Military Brass Revise Timetable for Troops in Iraq

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Wednesday

Research News

Archeologists Locate Source of Mayan Relics

In the mid-1960s, a trove new Mayan artwork began appearing in museums and auction houses. Archeologists quickly determined that those pieces probably came from a single site -- known to looters but not to scholars. Now, the site has been found. It's in Guatemala near the Mexico border.

Archeologists Locate Source of Mayan Relics

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Southern Africa Faces New Food Shortages

Southern Africa its second food crisis since 2002 due to poor rains combined with the impact of AIDS. The United Nations is aiming to feed 8.5 million people across the region until the next harvest in April, but for many families, the worst hardships are yet to come.

Southern Africa Faces New Food Shortages

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Media

Al-Jazeera Sister Channel Hires 'Control Room' Marine

Josh Rushing, a former Marine captain featured in the documentary Control Room, has been hired to work as a host and correspondent for Al-Jazeera-International. It's the new English-language sister channel of the Arab news network Al-Jazeera, which was the subject of Control Room.

Al-Jazeera Sister Channel Hires 'Control Room' Marine

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Environment

Researchers Race to Catalog Arctic Species

The Arctic Ocean is home to species completely unknown to science -- and also a place of rapid change. The summertime ice is melting and could be gone entirely by the end of the century. In the second of a two-part series, NPR's Richard Harris continues his journey with a biological expedition to this remote part of the world.

Researchers Race to Catalog Arctic Species

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Law

Canada's 'Prince of Pot' Busted for Seed Sales

Canadian police last month arrested Mark Emery, the leader of the nation's Marijuana Party, for selling marijuana seeds to American customers through his Vancouver-based mail order company. Some critics accuse Canadian police of doing the bidding of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Martin Kaste profiles Canada's "prince of pot."

Canada's 'Prince of Pot' Busted for Seed Sales

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Religion

American Priest Steps Into Ratzinger's Former Role

San Francisco Archbishop William Levada is in his first few weeks as the prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, a position last occupied by Pope Benedict. Levada is the highest-ranking American at the Vatican. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Colin Fogarty reports.

American Priest Steps Into Ratzinger's Former Role

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Corruption Scandal Plagues Brazil's Lula

Brazil's lower house of Congress elects a new leader Wednesday. The outgoing speaker stepped down amid a widening corruption scandal that has enveloped the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula's left-leaning Workers Party is accused of buying congressional votes and setting up slush funds.

Corruption Scandal Plagues Brazil's Lula

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Lingering Issues in the North Korea Nuclear Agreement

The latest agreement aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program left a lot of questions unanswered, including the question of whether the U.S. is fully in agreement with some of its negotiating partners. Analysts say China and South Korea have agendas of their own, and their goals may not match those of the Washington.

Lingering Issues in the North Korea Nuclear Agreement

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Rice Visits Haiti Ahead of Elections

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Haiti Tuesday, urging voters to turn out for upcoming presidential elections. A U.S.-backed interim government has run the Caribbean nation since former President Jean Aristide was pushed from power in January 2004. U.N. peacekeeping forces have struggled to control violence.

Rice Visits Haiti Ahead of Elections

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Wanted: Knitters for a Fair Isle

The National Trust of Scotland is seeking tenants for two properties on Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island of Scotland. Anne Sinclair, a resident and historian of Fair Isle (pop: 65), says someone with knitting or construction skills would have no trouble making a living there. The knitting cooperative, for example, has more orders than it can fill.

Wanted: Knitters for a Fair Isle

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