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Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari was arrested in Tehran in 2009 while covering Iran's election protests. He explains how he endured 118 days in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where he was repeatedly interrogated and tortured — and how he now views his homeland.

World leaders and veterans gathered Saturday in France to commemorate D-Day. The Allied invasion at Normandy 65 years ago was a turning point of World War II. Thousands of Allied soldiers died securing the beaches, and President Obama honored them Saturday, saying, "We must not forget."

The Coast Guard on Friday defended the federal response to a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico as the first waves of crude neared Louisiana's wetlands and the White House put a hold on new offshore drilling until the spill is investigated.

After a week of disasters and setbacks, power plant workers and military personnel at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant made some progress today in cooling over-heated fuel rods.

Many plants listed as endangered species are available for sale online, a new study reports. This is encouraging for DIY environmentalists who want to save plants like the Florida torreya. But experts warn that moving plants to new habitats could create ecological problems and spread plant diseases.

Home is where the heart is. It's probably also where a ton of brown marmorated stink bugs are right now, crawling out from behind photos, covering your windows and dropping into your hair. Help may be on the way, in the form of a parasitic Asian wasp.

Renee Montagne talks with U.S. Army Captain David Moses. He served two tours in Iraq, and will be one of the speakers marking Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington today. Moses was one of the thousands of children in Sudan displaced by civil war. He is known as one of the "Lost Boys." He tells us how serving in Iraq reminded him of the rough days he survived as a child in Sudan.

Twenty-nine mine workers are dead, and hundreds of safety citations have been filed against Massey Energy. But Massey and some Wall Street analysts seem to be saying, "Not to worry." Other analysts think the rush to analyze the company's financial prospects is "crass."

Giancarlo on the Cannes Pitch

Airs Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV