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	2011 DECEMBER Dec. 21, 2011 The Daily Frame Inmates at the Santa Monica Women's Prison stage a performance Tuesday in Lima, Peru. The inmates put on a Christmas show for the Peruvian first lady, Nadine Heredia.

	Dec. 13, 2011 Mysterious Kidney Disease Killing Central American Men In Central America's sugarcane fields, more and more workers are falling ill with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling to find the cause.

	Dec. 9, 2011 The Daily Frame Actors perform during the annual "Myths and Legends Parade" on Wednesday in Medellin, Colombia.

	Dec. 5, 2011 The Daily Frame A man takes in a performance during Friday's Dia do Samba celebrations in Salvador, Brazil.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 18, 2011 The Daily Frame Artists perform during a body paint festival in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday. Neon lights, extravagant costumes, fluorescent paint and video transform the human body during the festival, which opened last night. Fifty artists from 18 countries will present works.

	Nov. 17, 2011 'Waste Land' Explores Artist's Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil The film "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that surrounds them. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

	Nov. 17, 2011 Ballplayer's Abduction Highlights Venezuela's Growing Crime Rate The ordeal of Wilson Ramos, a Washington Nationals catcher who was kidnapped and then rescued in Venezuela last week, put a new spotlight on the Latin American country's rising crime rates -- and fortune hunters' brazen attempts to extort ransom from the relatives of high-profile figures, including ballplayers.

	Nov. 17, 2011 Trash in 'Waste Land' Becomes Catalyst for Transformation On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of the film "Waste Land," which follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys back to his native Brazil to the world's largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro to photograph an eclectic band of catadores -- self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.

	Nov. 15, 2011 One Mother's Story of Teen Pregnancy in Nicaragua Marling del Socorro Valverdi was just 16 when she had her first baby. Now as a 22-year-old mother of three young children, she and her husband are struggling to make ends meet. Her story reflects a larger phenomenon: Nicaragua has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world, and the highest in Latin America.

	Nov. 14, 2011 Rio Security Forces Storm Major Slum Police invaded Rio de Janeiro's largest slum Sunday, part of a larger effort aimed at cleaning up favelas before the 2014 World Cup.

	Nov. 11, 2011 Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country's Young Via New Vaccine Each year, pneumonia kills more children around the world than malaria, measles and HIV combined. Ray Suarez reports from Nicaragua on efforts to combat the lung infection, which is the leading killer of children under the age of five.

	Nov. 11, 2011 Slide Show: Children in Nicaragua Up Against Difficult Odds Friday night on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez looks at the threat of pneumonia among Nicaragua's children, who face difficult odds to survive and prosper into their young adult years. They are 44 percent more likely to die before their fifth birthdays than the Latin American average, according to the World Health Organization.

	Nov. 11, 2011 Nicaragua's Children Face Difficult Odds Nicaragua is one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries and children there are 44 percent more likely to die before the age of 5 than the regional average.

	Nov. 10, 2011 Global Vaccine Campaign for Top Baby Killer 'Unprecedented' The number one killer of young children around the world isn't malaria, measles or HIV. It's pneumonia, and each year more children die from the lung infection than from those three, much higher-profile diseases combined. But a global push to bring a vaccine to communities that need it most is ramping up quickly.

	Nov. 7, 2011 The Story of Humanity Told Through '100 Objects' In "A History of the World in 100 Objects," British Museum director Neil MacGregor recounts the history of civilization, told through 100 treasures from the museum. Jeffrey Brown and MacGregor discuss his book.

	Nov. 7, 2011 Gold Lures Illegal Miners to Peru's Rainforests In southeastern Peru, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon, lies one of the world's richest ecosystems and the destructive lure of gold. In a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on illegal gold mining in Peru.

	Nov. 7, 2011 Ex-general Wins Run-off Election in Guatemala A high murder rate and drug gang violence drove Guatemalans to vote Sunday for a former military official who has vowed to put the army back on the streets.

	Nov. 7, 2011 Extended Interview: 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' In this extended conversation, Jeffrey Brown talks to Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum and author of "A History of the World in 100 Objects," about the 16th century double-headed, serpent turquoise mosaic and what it's like to run a museum.

	Nov. 7, 2011 Nicaragua's Ortega Projected to Win Third Term, Opens Door to Long Rule Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega looks poised to win a landslide victory to a third term in office after orchestrating changes to the constitution to allow him the chance to stay in power.

	Nov. 5, 2011 From 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' Originally presented as a BBC radio series and now a book published in America, "A History of the World in 100 Objects" tells the story of humanity using artifacts selected from the British Museum.

	Nov. 4, 2011 Ahead of Nicaraguan Election, Ortega's Leadership Back in Spotlight The coming election in the Central American nation of Nicaragua will have a familiar name on the ballot. Ray Suarez reports.

	Nov. 3, 2011 Suarez: When Is a Democracy 'Good Enough?' Ray Suarez reflects on the political climate in Nicaragua, where the NewsHour global health team has a series of reports on the upcoming election and efforts to bring lifesaving vaccines to the country's children.



	OCTOBER Oct. 31, 2011 Antarctic Rocks Provide Clues to Bigger Earth Questions John Goodge of the University of Minnesota Duluth is studying rocks from the 2 percent of Antarctica that is not under ice, hoping to learn more about the history of ancient continents, the health of the planet and the impacts of global climate change.

	Oct. 27, 2011 World's Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion: Now What? In partnership with the Pulitzer Center and National Geographic, the PBS NewsHour explores how the composition of our society is changing as the world population reaches 7 billion. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the population milestone with the U.N. Population Fund's Azza Karam and National Geographic magazine's Dennis Dimick.

	Oct. 27, 2011 World Population to Hit Milestone With Birth of 7 Billionth Person The world's population is expected to hit a milestone Monday with the birth of the 7 billionth person. Independent Television News' Lawrence McGinty reports on what this means for people and the planet.

	Oct. 27, 2011 Slide Show: Life in Nicaragua, Surviving on Less than $2 a Day Barely scraping by is a way of life for many families here -- about 76 percent of the population survives on less than $2 a day, according to the U.N. World Food Programme. The NewsHour global health team reports.

	Oct. 27, 2011 World Population Poised to Hit 7 Billion. What Challenges Lie Ahead? On Monday, a baby will be born somewhere and demographers will proclaim that the world's population has reached 7 billion. That's good news and bad news, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released Wednesday.

	Oct. 26, 2011 Market Deal Brings Life-Saving Vaccine to Poor Countries The GAVI Alliance, formed as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, worked to find a way to close the yawning gap between great danger to children and a life-saving medicine, between deep poverty in Nicaragua and Pfizer's high costs, through an advanced market commitment.

	Oct. 26, 2011 Life in Nicaragua, Living on Less than $2 a Day Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere, and 76 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day.

	Oct. 25, 2011 Cocaine Use Spikes Along New Trafficking Routes At the lowest point of Mauricio Aguilar's battle with drug addiction, he stayed high for days at a time and slept on the streets of Managua at night. His story of addiction is an increasingly common one in Nicaragua, and in other countries along the major drug-smuggling routes from South America to the United States.

	Oct. 25, 2011 The Daily Frame Visitors walk around a sculpture titled "BigFoot" by Israeli artist Idan Zareski during Bogota's International Art Fair (ArtBo) in Colombia. Galleries from 14 countries from Europe and Latin America, collectors, curators and critics are participating in the seventh edition of ArtBo.

	Oct. 24, 2011 Argentina's President Cruises to Victory, But is Economic Boom Sustainable? After the August primary, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's victory in Sunday's elections was a foregone conclusion, but now many Argentines are waiting to see what will happen in her next term.

	Oct. 24, 2011 Ortega Widens Lead in Nicaragua Presidential Race, Voters Focus on Jobs Incumbent president Daniel Ortega's bid for a controversial and unprecedented third term appears to have strong support in the polls, as voters focus on the economy.

	Oct. 19, 2011 In Brazil's Slums, Economic Inequality Tackled With Technology Rio de Janeiro's gleaming skyline befits a world economic power, but it is not far from violent, impoverished slums. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's efforts to tackle Brazil's wealth inequality by providing poor people access to technology.

	Oct. 19, 2011 India's Growth Held Back by Overpopulation The population gap between rising economic powers India and Brazil is on display in the countries' largest cities.

	Oct. 13, 2011 Search for Alzheimer's Cure Leads Researchers to Colombian Highlands The search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease has taken researchers to a remote region in the Colombian Highlands. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports.

	Oct. 13, 2011 Slow Rebuilding, Rising Prices Compound Haiti Quake Woes More than a year and a half after Haiti suffered a catastrophic earthquake, about 500,000 Haitians still live in tent camps in and around the capital Port-au-Prince, much of which still lies in ruins. Displaced Haitians also face rising food and rental prices, the threat of cholera and lack of basic services.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 30, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets The NewsHour Global Health unit rounds up the week's most interesting tweets, including a ruling by Mexico's Supreme Court saying life begins at conception and protests by aid groups over delays in sending food to famine-stricken North Korea.

	Sept. 29, 2011 U.S., Venezuela Hold Very Different 2012 Presidential Contests There's little resemblance these days between politics in the South American nation of Venezuela and those of the United States -- except when it comes to dates.

	Sept. 12, 2011 World Week Ahead: Egypt's Growing Unrest; Key Guatemala Vote A preview of stories we're watching this week, including reports from the NewsHour team in Egypt, Guatemala's presidential election and the efforts in Libya to establish a new post-Gadhafi government.



	AUGUST Aug. 31, 2011 The Best and Worst Countries for Babies From1990 to 2009, annual newborn deaths decreased from 4.6 million to 3.3 million worldwide. Find out which countries with a population over 1 million performed best and which were the worst.

	Aug. 31, 2011 Student Education Reform Protests Rock Chile What started as a student demonstration has turned into the largest protest against the Chilean government since the return of democracy two decades ago, and has harmed the popularity of the current conservative government.

	Aug. 30, 2011 Poet, Activist Ernesto Cardenal Explores Cosmos, Humanity in Verse Ernesto Cardenal, one of Latin America's most renowned, but also controversial, poets and political activists, has shifted his recent work to reflect on humanity's connection to nature and relationship to the universe. Ray Suarez speaks with the poet about his life and writing.

	Aug. 30, 2011 In Brazil, Women's Changing Roles, Attitudes Leading to Smaller Families Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate, which has dropped to just 1.9 children per woman.

	Aug. 30, 2011 Brazil's Shifting Views of Church, Abortion and Lifestyle Today, in what remains the world's largest Roman Catholic country, 80 percent of women of childbearing age are on some form of artificial contraception, long forbidden by the Church.

	Aug. 29, 2011 Obama Initiative Targets Malnutrition in Guatemala Chronic malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to the deaths of children under 5 in Guatemala.

	Aug. 24, 2011 'Conquistadora' Paints Epic Tale of Love, Adventure in Puerto Rico The new novel "Conquistadora" paints a picture of love and adventure as a young women travels from Spain to Puerto Rico where her husband has inherited a sugar plantation. Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Esmeralda Santiago about the epic story and her own tale of teaching herself to read and write again after a stroke.

	Aug. 24, 2011 El Nino Found to Drive Tropical Civil Wars The warmer, drier conditions of El Nino have had a baleful effect on conflict in the tropics since 1950, research shows.

	Aug. 3, 2011 Haiti Braces for Storm, Cholera Surge A tropical storm bearing down on Haiti threatens to make daily life more miserable for tens of thousands homeless still living in tent camps and could deepen the cholera epidemic that has already killed more than 5,800.



	JULY July 28, 2011 Humala Sworn in as Peru's President Ollanta Humala, a former army officer, was sworn in as Peru's new president after narrowly defeating Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori, in a second-round vote in June.

	July 26, 2011 French Guiana To Be Newest Soyuz Spaceport In addition to launching Soyuz rockets from the usual spaceports in Kazakhstan and Russia, the country is adding a new working launch pad to its arsenal -- located in a jungle in French Guiana, along South America's northern coast.

	July 15, 2011 Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia's Ecuador? Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman has now made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs for us from Beijing.

	July 5, 2011 Chavez's Health Fuels Political Power Struggle in Venezuela Celebrations erupted Monday in Caracas as news spread that President Hugo Chavez had returned to Venezuela after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba. Ray Suarez discusses the nation's recent political struggles with Moises Naim of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue.

	July 1, 2011 Global Health Twitter Roundup The NewsHour's global health unit is starting a new feature, highlighting what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week.



	JUNE June 24, 2011 Chavez's Absence Ignites Rumors in Venezuela About His Health Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who normally makes daily television appearances and tweets all day long, has been noticeably quiet as he receives medical treatment in Cuba, fueling speculation about his true condition.

	June 9, 2011 'Up in Smoke' Film Examines Perils of Slash and Burn Agriculture In "Up in Smoke," filmmaker Adam Wakeling follows ecologist Michael Hands as he introduces Honduran farmers to the inga tree, his solution to problems caused by slash and burn agricultural practices. The documentary is part of a series of independently produced films aired in a partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

	June 9, 2011 'Up in Smoke' Chronicles Slash and Burn Agriculture in Honduras We're looking at the film "Up in Smoke," a documentary on the use of slash and burn agriculture in Central America, this week as part of our partnership with The Economist magazine that showcases the art of filmmaking.

	June 6, 2011 World Week Ahead: Yemeni President Departs; Presidential Nail-biter in Peru Additionally, more violence erupts in Syria as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad crack down on protesters, while Khartoum rejects calls from the U.N. to pull its troops from the disputed border town of Abyei.

	June 6, 2011 Six Killed in Yemen Violence, German Farm Likely Source of E. Coli Outbreak Also: Humala, Fujimori split by narrow margin in Peru presidential runoff, five U.S. troops killed in Baghdad.



	MAY May 11, 2011 30 Years After Bob Marley's Death May 11 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of music legend Bob Marley. The Jamaican reggae star died from cancer in 1981 at age 36, leaving behind a legacy that reaches across all musical genres, ages and around the world.



	APRIL April 13, 2011 World Bank Report Offers New Approaches to Reducing Conflict Two of the world's major financial institutions are looking at an issue only occasionally associated with economic development -- how to curb violence.

	April 11, 2011 In Peru, Voters Express Discontent by Backing Extreme Candidates, Analysts Say No matter what happens in Peru's presidential runoff in June, change is coming. Judging from partial results from Sunday's first round of voting, the top two candidates represent a departure from current leaders and policies that some say helped maintain the country's economic growth.

	April 7, 2011 Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools A project to build a school using empty plastic bottles brought together a community in Guatemala. The idea now is spreading to other sites.

	April 7, 2011 Building a Plastic Bottle School When former Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner was asked to help find funding to finish constructing two classrooms in the elementary school where she worked in Guatemala, she decided to use -- or rather reuse -- a common piece of trash.

	April 6, 2011 Will Haitians, International Community Rally Around President-Elect? Haitian President-elect Michel Martelly faces immense challenges when he assumes control of the impoverished country still struggling to recover from the January 2010 earthquake. Ray Suarez talks with TransAfrica Forum's Nicole Lee and the U.S. Institute of Peace's Robert McGuire about the battles ahead for Martelly.

	April 6, 2011 Haiti's President-Elect Promises Reconciliation After Tumultuous Election Haitian President-elect Michel Martelly, a pop singer known as Sweet Micky, vowed to unite Haiti after being declared the winner of a tense -- and sometimes violent -- election campaign. Martelly won 68 percent of the runoff vote to defeat Mirlande Manigat, a senator and former first lady. Ray Suarez reports.

	April 5, 2011 Latino Weight Boom on the Horizon If we consulted the health statistics, we might not be too surprised to find that the United States has the highest rate of obesity, at 30.6 percent. What country, would you guess, is number two? It's Mexico, with an adult obesity rate of 23 percent.

	April 4, 2011 Pop Singer to Become Haiti's Next President, Preliminary Results Show Preliminary results released Monday in Haiti's presidential run-off election show musician Michel Martelly as the winner with more than 67 percent of the vote.



	MARCH March 24, 2011 View From Rio: How Brazil Pays the Price for 'Economic Miracle' When President Obama visited Brazil this week, he touted the two countries' similarities and the mutual benefits of economic cooperation. But while Brazil is enjoying an economic renaissance, its residents are experiencing some growing pains along the way.

	March 24, 2011 Slide Show: Tuberculosis a Silent Killer Health officials are drawing attention to the 22 countries that contribute 80 percent of the global burden of tuberculosis on March 24, designated World TB Day.

	March 22, 2011 In Haiti, Next President Faces Massive Reconstruction Effort Election workers count ballots in Port-au-Prince, Haiti In a matter of days, Haitians will learn if a pop singer or former first lady is their next president when results from Sunday's run-off vote are tallied.

	March 22, 2011 Water Woes: Japan, Haiti and Kenya Among World's Trouble Spots In countries around the globe, the quest for clean water is a daily challenge tied to governance, infrastructure and other issues.

	March 21, 2011 World Week Ahead: Libya Intervention; Radiation in Japan; World Water Day The U.S.-European bombing of Libyan air defenses over the weekend also launched a debate over what comes next and how to handle Moammar Gadhafi's grip on power. View the stories we're following this week.

	March 18, 2011 President Obama Heads to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador As President Obama makes his first presidential foray into Latin America, he does so with a pair of international crises in Japan and Libya far from resolved.

	March 15, 2011 Mexico Drug Cartels Moving in on Guatemala Routes The security situation in northern Guatemala is deteriorating as Mexico-based drug cartels extend their reach into the neighboring country.

	March 10, 2011 U.N. Report: Closing Gender Gap is Good for Food Security According to the report, closing the gender gap could increase agricultural output in the developing world by an average 2.5 percent to 4 percent.

	March 9, 2011 Guatemala's Archbishop Speaks on Family Planning, Violence Against Women Guatemala's Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales calls for more education about natural family planning, and encourages Guatemala's men to change their attitudes towards women.

	March 8, 2011 In Guatemala, Family Planning Clashes with Religion, Tradition In rural Guatemala, it is not unusual for women to have as many as 10 children, beginning in their teens and continuing into their 40s. That can take a big physical toll on mothers. Ray Suarez reports on the cultural, religious and logistical obstacles tied to teaching women about using birth control in a traditional society.

	March 8, 2011 Buses Targeted by Guatemala City Gangs Bus drivers and their assistants have become frequent targets of extortion, threats and violent crimes in Guatemala City.

	March 8, 2011 International Women's Day 2011 Dancing in Iraq, protests in Ivory Coast, women dressed as men in Lebanon and a fashion show in China are some of the ways women are expressing a message of solidarity on International Women's Day, March 8. This year's theme is "decent work for women."

	March 7, 2011 Obama Reverses Course on Gitmo, Allowing Detainee Military Trials to Resume President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday, reversing a two-year ban on military trials for suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Scott Shane of The New York Times for more on the administration's policy shift.

	March 7, 2011 'Epicenter of Violence': Guatemala Combats Brutality Toward Women Guatemala has become an epicenter of violence in Central America, and violence against women in particular has hit record levels. Ray Suarez and the NewsHour's Global Health Unit have the first of two reports from Guatemala with a look at programs aimed at stopping a long history of domestic violence.

	March 7, 2011 Slide Show: Life in Guatemala The first installment of the NewsHour's two-part series on Guatemala airs tonight.

	March 7, 2011 World Week Ahead: Libya's Revolt; Women's Issues; Guatemala Series Violence from nations as disparate as Libya and Guatemala will dominate the international week ahead for the NewsHour.

	March 7, 2011 Women's Rights Advocate Fights Impunity of Gender Crimes in Guatemala Norma Cruz heads Fundacion Sobrevivientes (the Survivors' Foundation) in Guatemala City. The foundation works to help victims of gender violence and pushes for prosecution of the crimes.

	March 7, 2011 Timeline: Guatemala's Brutal Civil War The bloody civil war that raged through Guatemala for 36 years left a brutal legacy of violence behind it.

	March 4, 2011 Preview: Series on Women's Health and Safety in Guatemala The NewsHour will begin airing a two-part series on Monday, March 7, on the high levels of brutal violence against women in Guatemala and efforts to educate communities about family planning and maternal health.

	March 3, 2011 Scenes from Guatemala Known for it's scenic beauty but plagued by poverty, violence and malnutrition, Guatemala has the second largest indigenous population in the Western Hemisphere.

	March 1, 2011 Students Experience Hunger to Raise Money for Haiti Dozens of youth groups in Denver participated in a World Vision program, where they volunteered and fasted to experience a little of what it's like to live in poverty.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 28, 2011 Students Use Invention to Help Haitians Get Clean Water Helping an orphanage in Haiti gain access to clean water gave some high school students the chance to put their engineering know-how to good use.

	Feb. 25, 2011 Matching Medical Supplies With Communities in Need One man's promise in Brazil leads to a lifetime of helping poor clinics all over the world with their medical needs.

	Feb. 24, 2011 Introducing the NewsHour's Revamped World Page Our redesigned World page has more of the NewsHour's in-depth analysis and on-the-ground reporting from senior correspondents Margaret Warner and Ray Suarez. Take a video tour of the new site.

	Feb. 22, 2011 Preview: Picturesque Guatemala Overwhelmed by Violence, Poverty Senior correspondent Ray Suarez talks to Hari Sreenivasan about his reporting trip to Guatemela, where violence against women is systemic and widespread. The country is also hard hit with malnutrition and high rates of infant and maternal mortality.

	Feb. 18, 2011 Global Health Headlines: Obama Budget Proposal, Mutation May Protect from Cancer Obama Proposes Boost to Global Health Funding President Obama released his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal this week.

	Feb. 17, 2011 Powerful Solar Flares Headed Toward Earth The most powerful solar flares in four years blasted toward Earth Thursday, raising fears about disruption to communication and navigation satellites.

	Feb. 17, 2011 Costa Rican Art Returning Home About 4,500 pieces of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including ceramic bowls and animal-shaped vessels, taken from Costa Rica are returning soon to their country of origin.

	Feb. 16, 2011 Study: Dwarfism Gene May Offer Protection From Cancer, Diabetes A gene mutation that causes dwarfism may also protect its bearers from developing age-related diseases like cancer and diabetes, according to a new study. The findings could someday lead to new preventative treatments.

	Feb. 16, 2011 Malnutrition Plagues Guatemala's Children Guatemala has the highest rate of chronic malnutrition among children in Latin America, and the health consequences continue on through adulthood.

	Feb. 16, 2011 Costa Rican Artifacts Returning Home In 2011, the Brooklyn Museum plans to return to Costa Rica about 4,500 pre-Columbian artifacts taken legally around the last turn of the century. Here are some examples.

	Feb. 15, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: The Family Planning Frontier in Guatemala A week of travel in Guatemala is a feast for the eyes: stunning volcanic peaks covered in a carpet of green -- cabbages, coffee, melons, bananas growing on impossibly steep hillsides -- and people working hard to wrestle a living out of the ground.

	Feb. 9, 2011 From the Field: Opening Horizons for Guatemala's Girls ANTIGUA, Guatemala-- For girls living in the rural, indigenous communities of Guatemala, it is not unusual to leave school by the age of 12, be married by 15, and give birth for the first time while still a teenager.

	Feb. 7, 2011 From the Field: Violence Against Women in Guatemala Rosa Franco de Veliz holds a photo of her daughter, Maria-Isabel, in her home in Guatemala City.

	Feb. 3, 2011 Resource: 30 Years of Uprisings The upheaval in Egypt is reminiscent of past protest movements and revolutions that have brought down governments and transformed societies. We highlight some of them here.



	JANUARY Jan. 28, 2011 Military Deploys in Cairo Amid Growing Protests Updated at 12:15 ETSecretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that the U.

	Jan. 28, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Global Fund Backlash, Foreign Aid Poll Executive Director of the Global Fund Michel Kazatchkine marches with AIDS advocates at the 2010 International AIDS Conference.

	Jan. 26, 2011 In Chaos of Post-Earthquake Haiti, Artists Create Poetry Amid Rubble On his recent reporting trip to Haiti, Jeffrey Brown explored the story of Haitian poets and artists surviving -- and creating -- amid the rubble of last year's earthquake.

	Jan. 26, 2011 More from Poetry Amid the Rubble More from Jeffrey Brown's last report from his recent trip to Haiti, one year after the earthquake.

	Jan. 18, 2011 Violence Against Women Among Challenges in Haiti Human rights groups are calling for more security measures in the tent camps of Port-au-Prince to reduce the number of rapes and incidents of sexual violence.

	Jan. 17, 2011 How Will Duvalier's Return Impact Haiti's Turmoil? Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Jason Beaubien in Port-au-Prince about the possible implications of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's surprise return to the country.

	Jan. 17, 2011 Exiled Dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Returns to Haiti After 25 years in exile, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier landed at the Port-au-Prince airport, leading human rights groups to urge authorities to arrest the ousted leader.

	Jan. 14, 2011 Cholera Outbreak Compounds Haiti's Woes Jeffrey Brown looks at the battle against a cholera epidemic in Haiti, one year after a devastating earthquake upset an already fragile infrastructure.

	Jan. 14, 2011 Doctors Encouraged by Giffords' Recovery Progress In the day's other headlines, recovery and remembrance continued in Tucson and a memorial service took place in Washington for Richard Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat who died in December.

	Jan. 14, 2011 Conversation: Haitian Literature Is a Living Art American readers may be familiar with the work of Haiti ex-pat Edwidge Danticat, but who are the voices we miss? And what is the role of literature and poetry in the life of the average Haitian citizen?

	Jan. 14, 2011 Brazil Floods Death Toll Rises The death toll is expected to rise further as searchers pull bodies from the rubble; thousands of demonstrators call on Tunisia's president to step down.

	Jan. 13, 2011 Haiti Slow to Rebuild in Aftermath of Devastating Quake Jeffrey Brown traveled to Haiti to look at the struggle to rebuild and recover a year after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and nearby area.

	Jan. 13, 2011 Death Tolls Rise in Tunisian Clashes, Brazil's Floods Sudden flooding and mudslides killed at least 400 people in Brazil, and many more are still missing. In Tunisia, President Ben Ali offered concessions to try to quell growing protests that have left at least 23 people dead.

	Jan. 13, 2011 New Early Dinosaur Fossils Shift Family Tree Scientists have discovered a four-foot-long, meat-eating dinosaur, with serrated teeth and long finger bones, that roamed the earth some 230 million years ago.

	Jan. 13, 2011 Massive Mudslides in Brazil Kill at Least 350 of President Obama's speech in Tucson, including video of the speech and analysis.

	Jan. 12, 2011 In Haiti, 'Rhythm Rests in Our Marrow' Music is the tenor of Haitian cultural life, carved out of the oppression of slavery and the desire to live freely, writes Haitian-American poet and scholar Patrick Sylvain. It represents a cultural ethos based upon human reality.

	Jan. 12, 2011 In Photos: A Year of Tragedy and Survival in Haiti Wednesday marks one year since a magnitude-7 earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, killing more than 230,000 people and injuring many more.

	Jan. 12, 2011 Remembering Victims in Tucson, Haiti Marks Anniversary of Quake President Obama is traveling to Tucscon for a memorial service for those killed and injured in the Saturday shooting rampage. Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is breathing on her own and are "hopeful" about her condition.

	Jan. 11, 2011 After Haiti Quake, Using Science to Build Sturdier Buildings As Haiti recovers from the devastating earthquake that flattened Port-au-Prince one year ago, researchers are examining how the country can lessen the damage from another disaster using building science. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

	Jan. 11, 2011 In Haiti, Art Remains a Solid Cornerstone This week, Haitian-American poet and scholar Patrick Sylvain will be writing for Art Beat about his home country and its art, its history and future, and how its artists are surviving in the earthquake's aftermath.

	Jan. 10, 2011 Haiti Reconstruction Aid Falls Short, New Figures Show New figures on reconstruction aid to Haiti reveal that while billions have been pledged, international donors were slow to deliver funds in 2010.

	Jan. 7, 2011 In Haiti, Hardships Plentiful as Earthquake Anniversary Nears Jeffrey Brown begins a week of reports from Haiti, one year after a major earthquake devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other parts of the country. Many residents remain in tent camps, where they are still struggling to rebuild their lives and the constant threat of cholera has compounded the loss of life.

	Jan. 7, 2011 U.S. Ambassador to Haiti: The Emergency Is Not Over Yet The emergency response phase in Haiti is not yet over, but the process of reconstruction is moving forward, Ambassador Kenneth Merten told Jeffrey Brown this week in Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 6, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Rape in Haiti, India Rejects HIV Patent Rape a concern in Haiti tent camps, India rejects Abbott ARV patent request and the study first linking Austism and vaccines is criticized.

	Jan. 6, 2011 Video Dispatch: Battling Cholera in Rural Haiti Jeffrey Brown is in Haiti this week reporting on reconstruction efforts after last year's earthquake.

	Jan. 4, 2011 In Haiti, Writer Kwame Dawes Tells of Quake Aftermath Through Poetry Writer Kwame Dawes has traveled to Haiti over the past year to report on and write poems about people's experiences after the earthquake. Jeffrey Brown's conversation with Dawes continues a series of reports in partnership with USA Today and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

	Jan. 3, 2011 Video Dispatch: Haiti, a Year Later Jan. 12 will mark one year since a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti. The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown is reporting in Port-au-Prince and beyond this week on life in the country a year later, on the recent cholera outbreak and more.

	Jan. 3, 2011 Weekly Poem: 'Boy in Blue' Recently, Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to examine the earthquake in Haiti through poetry. Look for a report on the NewsHour about that project in the coming days.

	Jan. 3, 2011 The World: Stories We're Watching in 2011 From rising tensions on the Korean peninsula to the potential birth of a nation in Africa, the following are stories the NewsHour's foreign affairs beat is tracking in the coming year.

	Jan. 1, 2011 World Events of 2010 It was a year of earthquakes and volcanoes, floods and toxic spills, but 2010 also saw thwarted terrorist attacks and the joyous release of 33 miners in Chile from the Earth's rocky depths.