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Daily Video February 13 2013

Schooling Suffers on Palm Oil Plantations
The rising global demand for palm oil has made it Malaysia's most profitable crop, bringing in $25 …
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Daily Video February 12 2013

Can Teachers Prevent Dropouts?
In Chicago, 23 of the school district's high schools have taken an unconventional approach to incre…
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Post February 12 2013

President Obama Delivers State of the Union
Every year, the president speaks to a rare joint session of Congress with all 100 senators and 435 …
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Post February 07 2013

Leaked Memo Justifies Killing Americans with Drones
A secret Justice Department document revealed this week outlines legal arguments for using drone ai…
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Daily Video February 06 2013

Orchestra Makes Art out of Conflict
While the Israeli-Palestinian peace process seems to be stalled for the foreseeable future, some of…
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Daily Video February 04 2013

Secretary of State Clinton's Lasting Legacy
The secretary of state is America's diplomat-in-chief, tasked with the job of presenting the countr…
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Post February 04 2013

Beijing Reacts to Record Smog Cloud
China is the world’s fastest growing major economy, but the resulting pollution from factories and …
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Student Voices January 30 2013

An Insider's Take on the State of the Union
The State of the Union address is a grand tradition in American politics, when all the government e…
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Daily Video January 25 2013

Women "Entitled to a Chance" at Combat Roles
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey ann…
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Post January 24 2013

Military to Lift Ban on Women in Combat Roles
The United States military announced plans this week to allow women to fight on the front lines and…
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