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| 2013 MAY
May 14, 2013
In India, Organization of Learning Centers Seeks to Spark Enthusiasm for School
In India, an educational group called Pratham aims to change the perception of school as a solemn enterprise and to offer instead a love of learning to the youngest -- and poorest -- students. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on what is possibly the world's largest campaign to improve remedial education.
   
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| May 14, 2013
Is China 'Pivoting' Toward the Middle East? Author Vali Nasr Says Yes
Author Vali Nasr describes China's interest in the Middle East. As the United States eases back from involvement in the Middle East, China's influence and economic dependence in the region grows.
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| May 13, 2013
Voters in Pakistan Surprise Pundits, Pick 'Traditional Choice' in Sharif
On the eve of the historic election in Pakistan, Declan Walsh, Islamabad bureau chief for The New York Times, had his visa revoked for unspecified "undesirable activities." Margaret Warner talks to Walsh about what the results of the election mean for Pakistan's pressing problems and relationship to the U.S.
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| May 13, 2013
Still Counting Votes, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Party on a Course to Majority
In Pakistan, votes are still being tabulated, but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party has already claimed victory. The country's historic election, boasting the highest turnout in more than 40 years, was marred by allegations of vote-rigging and violent attacks that killed 29 people. Margaret Warner reports.
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| May 10, 2013
Pakistan Prepares for Historic Vote Amid Threats of Violence From the Taliban
In Pakistan, citizens are enthusiastically preparing to vote in a historic election. But in the lead up to the parliamentary vote, attacks by the Taliban have killed more than 100 people with the promise of suicide bombs on election day. Ray Suarez takes a look at the various candidates and the attitudes of the voters.
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| May 10, 2013
How Is the Garment Industry Working to Improve Conditions Abroad?
The garment factory disaster in Bangladesh has raised concern about the conditions of factories abroad. Ray Suarez talks with Steven Greenhouse of The New York Times about consequences for the owner of the factory and Bangladesh's safety standards, as well as what's being done by Western retailers to improve working conditions.
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| May 10, 2013
Bangladeshi Seamstress Rescued From Factory Rubble After 17 Days
Seventeen days after a Bangladeshi garment factory collapsed and only hours before the remains were to be demolished, rescuers pulled a woman out of the rubble alive. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the miraculous discovery and the news that the disaster has now claimed more than 1,000 lives.
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| May 10, 2013
The Daily Frame
A collector examines stamps on display Friday at the World Stamp Expo in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition is the second largest ever held in the world.
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| May 7, 2013
South Korea May Be Growing Less Tolerant of Pyongyang's Provocations
While North Korea makes fresh warnings, other signs suggest that nation has backed off some of its hot rhetoric. Former State Department official Kurt Campbell and former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Donald Gregg join Jeffrey Brown to discuss South Korea's President Park Geun-hye and building trust with North Korea's leader.
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| May 7, 2013
Threat of Escalation by North Korea Looms Over Summit With Park Geun-hye
South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with President Barack Obama to discuss growing unrest and threats of retaliation between the two nations on the Korean Peninsula. Jeffrey Brown reports on the latest warning from Pyongyang and whether the U.S. and South Korea would willing to work diplomatically with North Korea.
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| May 7, 2013
Rain Clouds Over Obama-Park Summit
It has been some time since a presidential summit has opened under such heavy clouds as will accompany Tuesday's White House meeting between President Obama and South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye.
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| May 3, 2013
Veteran U.S. Diplomat to Lead Afghanistan-Pakistan Effort
Ambassador James Dobbins will be the new special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. It won't be unfamiliar territory for the career diplomat.
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| May 3, 2013
The Daily Frame
A man paints his son's face Wednesday in preparation for the Grebeg ritual in Tegallalang, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. During the ritual, young members of the community parade through the village with painted faces and bodies to ward off evil spirits.
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| May 1, 2013
Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast Asia
After 400 people died in the collapse of a Bangladeshi garment factory, workers in Southeast Asia marched to call for better working conditions and pay. Ray Suarez talks with Pietra Rivoli, professor at Georgetown University, and Time magazine's David Von Drehle about safety regulations in developing nations.
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| May 1, 2013
The Antarctic's Ice Paradox
When it comes to explaining how Antarctica is responding to climate change, the picture isn't always clear. While parts of the polar continent's glaciers have been lost, the sea ice is growing. Harsh conditions and a short satellite record makes piecing together the puzzle of Antarctica's climate a challenge to scientists.
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| May 1, 2013
How Safe Is Pakistan?
Before leaving on a two-week trip to Pakistan, many friends and family asked the same question: Is Pakistan a safe place for Americans to visit?
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| May 1, 2013
Sunset at the Wagah Border
Every evening, Pakistani and Indian security forces conduct a flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border between the two countries.
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| APRIL
April 29, 2013
The Daily Frame
A Filipino artist applies the finishing touches on a mural for Labor Day protests in Manila on Monday. Thousands of workers and activists will march to protest the government's migrant labor policy and demand higher wages.
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| April 26, 2013
Global Standards for Garment Industry Under Scrutiny After Bangladesh Disaster
The Bangladeshi garment factory collapse is the worst disaster ever for the country's booming clothing industry. Ray Suarez discusses the role of Western retailers in keeping foreign workers safe with Avedis Seferian of Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production and Scott Nova of Worker Rights Consortium.
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| April 25, 2013
News Wrap: Death Toll Rises to More Than 230 in Bangladesh Factory Disaster
In other news Thursday, the death toll from a collapsed garment building in Bangladesh rose above 230 people. Officials say some 2,000 people survived. An unknown number of people are still trapped. Also, hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service for 14 people killed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas.
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| April 24, 2013
News Wrap: At Least 87 Dead After Building Collapses in Bangladesh
In other news Wednesday, at least 87 garment workers died in Bangladesh when an eight-story building collapsed. Also, Michael Huerta, the head of the FAA, went before Congress to defend furloughs of almost 13,000 air traffic controllers. Huerta says the unpaid days off are unavoidable due to mandatory budget cuts.
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| April 24, 2013
The Daily Frame
Tam Wai Ping's "Falling into Mundane World" is on display at "Mobile M+: Inflation!" in Hong Kong. The exhibition of six giant inflatable sculptures next Hong Kong's future museum for visual arts will be open to the public Thursday through June 9.
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| April 23, 2013
Pervasive Preference for Baby Boys Over Girls Prevails Among Parents in India
As part of the NewsHour's Agents for Change series, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro returns to a story he first reported on 12 years ago about the skewed sex ratio of children born in India. Baby boys are seen as more favorable for both economic and cultural reasons, a perception activists are trying to combat.
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| April 19, 2013
Pakistan Elections Could Mark Historic Transfer of Power
If everything goes according to plan, Pakistan’s election on May 11 will be the first time in the country’s history that there will be a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to the next.
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| April 18, 2013
Getting Chummy on Climate Change
Lost amid the high power diplomacy over North Korea's nuclear threats, the United States and China have agreed to step up their cooperation on climate change.
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| April 12, 2013
For Hundreds of Years, Cherry Blossoms Are Matter of Life and Death
The pink and white blossoms that burst into flower each spring are not just beautiful. They've been an evolving symbol of the nation of Japan for hundreds of years.
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| April 12, 2013
Outlining Prospects, Implications of Hostile Action From North Korea
Simmering tensions between the Koreas raises concerns of what will come next. Margaret Warner talks with Patrick Cronin of Center for a New American Security and retired Marine Lt. Gen. Chip Gregson Jr., a former assistant secretary of defense, about past conflicts with North Korea and how the U.S. might respond in the future.
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| April 12, 2013
State Secretary Kerry Warns North Korea Against Testing More Missiles
Secretary of State John Kerry made a visit to Seoul to meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, where he leveled a warning to North Korea's Kim Jong Un not to continue missile tests. Jeffrey Brown reports on recent tensions with North Korea and what U.S. intelligence can tell us about their nuclear capabilities.
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| April 12, 2013
Vicious Sea Creature Sees in Dazzling Color
The mantis shrimp, a terrible bedfellow to other sea creatures, has an unfathomable sixteen color receptive cones. (For perspective, humans have three.)
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| April 11, 2013
Author Moises Naim on Kim Jong Un's Troubles
In a continuation of his broadcast interview with the PBS NewsHour's Ray Suarez, author and former Foreign Policy editor Moises Naim talks about North Korea's Kim Jong Un challenge to hold power in a world where democracies seem to be overtaking autocracies.
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| April 11, 2013
How U.S. Obesity Compares With Other Countries
After decades of rapid growth, adult obesity is stabilizing in many developed countries. Check out how U.S. obesity rates compare with the 33 other member nations of the OECD.
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| April 9, 2013
The Daily Frame
An Indian woman dances during a Lavani performance in Mumbai on Momday. Lavani mixes traditional song and dance to the beat of the Dholki, a percussion instrument.
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| April 5, 2013
News Wrap: North Korea Loads Missiles Onto Launchers
In other news Friday, it was reported that North Korea loaded two medium-range missiles onto mobile launchers while South Korea deployed warships with missile defense systems. Also, it was revealed that a psychiatrist who treated Aurora, Colo., gunman James Holmes had warned university police that Holmes was dangerous.
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| April 5, 2013
Timeline and Maps: North Korea Ramps Up Rhetoric, Missile Systems
Each day this week brought another development in North Korea, including threats against the United States and the deployment of mid-range missile launchers to its east coast. See a timeline of events accompanied by PBS NewsHour analysis.
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| April 5, 2013
Timeline: North Korea Ratchets Up Pressure
North Korea is raising the temperature in the region by conducting nuclear tests and moving missiles.
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| April 4, 2013
New Threats From North Korea; Missile Repositioned at Border
Pyongyang continues its provocation of the United States. Jeffrey Brown reports on North Korea's latest threats of nuclear attack on the U.S. and its moving of a missile to its eastern coastline. John Irvine of Independent Television News reports on how a small South Korean island is watching the heated rhetoric.
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| April 3, 2013
News Wrap: Taliban Suicide Bombers Dressed as Officers Kill 53 in Afghanistan
In other news Wednesday, Taliban members dressed as Afghan troops raided a courthouse in Western Afghanistan, killing at least 53 people. Also, President Barack Obama visited Colorado to spotlight that state's newly passed gun laws.
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| April 3, 2013
For North Korea, Economic and Strategic Significance in Kaesong Closing
Why did North Korea close the Kaesong industrial complex when it actually relies on that income? Gwen Ifill talks to Jack Pritchard, former U.S. special envoy for North Korea negotiations, about how a combination of "compounding events" makes current tensions with North Korea potentially more significant than past dustups.
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| April 3, 2013
North Korea Bars South Korean Workers From Jointly Owned Factories
North Korea prevented South Korean employees of the Kaesong Industrial Park from getting to work Wednesday. The complex is a rare example of economic cooperation between the two countries. Gwen Ifill reports on entreaties from South Korea and the U.S. to North Korea to tamp down its rhetoric.
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| April 2, 2013
Assessing North Korea's Ability to Weaponize as Kim Jong-un Sends Stark Message
With North Korea announcing it is reviving certain nuclear activities in order to enhance its nuclear weapon capabilities, Margaret Warner talks with Joseph DeTrani of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance about how close that country is to being able to build a weapon to hit the United States or neighbor South Korea.
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| April 2, 2013
North Korea Promises to Restart Plutonium Reactor
North Korean state television announced another escalation of leader Kim Jong-un's pledge to build up his country's nuclear capability. Margaret Warner reports on why North Korea says it is restarting its uranium enrichment program and its plutonium reactor after taking steps to shut it down it in 2007.
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| April 2, 2013
A World Tour to Meet a Florist, a Barber and Other Microloan Entrepreneurs
They live continents apart -- Symon in Kenya and Bo in Cambodia -- but they have a common thread. Both started small businesses with microloans they received through the networking website Kiva.
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| April 1, 2013
An Awakening in India to Scourge of Violence Against Women
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India on the country's efforts to tackle the issue of violence against women. This response comes after the gang rape and murder of a female medical student in Delhi last year.
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| April 1, 2013
Discerning Reality From Rhetoric in North Korea's Threats
Is the latest rhetoric from North Korea brinkmanship or does it reflect the communist state's ability to mount an attack? Judy Woodruff talks to two former Korea intelligence analysts -- Robert Carlin of Stanford University and Bruce Klingner of the Heritage Foundation -- about North Korea's military ability and strategy.
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| April 1, 2013
Korean Peninsula Engages in War of Words Over Military Action Threats
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye issued a strong warning to North Korea in the wake of threats of military action made by leader Kim Jong-un. Judy Woodruff reports on the tensions between North and South Korea and the United States.
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| MARCH
March 29, 2013
Novel Offers Mock How-to on Finding Success in 'Rising Asia'
In Mohsin Hamid's new novel, "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia," a poor young boy from an impoverished village makes his way to a city to find his fortune. Jeffrey Brown talks with Hamid about why the story is told like a self-help book and why he writes to better understand the current culture and conditions in Pakistan.
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| March 29, 2013
Kim Jong-un Orders Rockets Ready to Strike United States
Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, ordered his generals to get rockets ready to strike the U.S. mainland or military bases in the Pacific. Ray Suarez gets analysis from Joel Wit of Johns Hopkins University and Sung-Yoon Lee of Tufts University on why North Korea has ratcheted up its rhetoric.
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| March 25, 2013
New State Secretary Faces New and Old Challenges in the Middle East, Afghanistan
What does Secretary of State John Kerry's schedule say about the current U.S. foreign policy priorities? How does the current secretary compare to his predecessor? Gwen Ifill talks with Michele Dunne of the Atlantic Council and Susan Glasser of Foreign Policy about the war in Afghanistan and challenges of responding to Syria.
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| March 25, 2013
Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Trip to Afghanistan to Defuse Tensions
Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced trip to Kabul, Afghanistan to hash out differences with President Hamid Karzai. Meanwhile the last Afghan prison still under U.S. control was handed back to Afghan authorities. Gwen Ifill reports on outcomes of the visit, plus other U.S. foreign policy challenges in the region.
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| March 21, 2013
Deepa Gangwani: Fomenting Change for Indian Trash Collectors
A shocking incident involving her maid and a trash collector helped set Deepa Gangwani on her quest to help the poor communities near where she lived in India.
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