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The shooting deaths of four Iraqi civilians on a highway near Tikrit stir anger in the city and shake efforts to build local trust in Iraqi police working with U.S. commanders. Tikrit police are convinced American soldiers fired the fatal shots. The U.S. military says it has no record that its troops were involved. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

In the last decade, about 4,000 young Sudanese who fled from their country's civil war resettled in the United States. They became known as "The Lost Boys." Years later, many of them are coping with residual trauma from the lives they left in Africa. Steve Goldstein of member station KJZZ reports.

The Zimbabwean government's campaign to wipe out shantytowns has left an estimated 200,000 people homeless. President Robert Mugabe says the three-week-old operation is a "cleanup" designed to restore the country's "sanity." Critics say it's intended to punish city dwellers for opposing Mugabe and have launched a two-day strike.

In a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, scientists unearth the bones of a new species of human... a find that could rewrite the history of human evolution. About three feet tall when fully grown, Homo floresiensis resembles our most primitive ancestors, but lived as recently as 13,000 years ago.

In Southern Sudan, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army is no longer a rebel group. Under a peace deal signed earlier this year to end Sudan's 22-year civil war, the former rebels will run the south of the country as a semi-autonomous province -- and must make the transition from guerrilla movement to government.

The most important lesson I've learned about traveling with children is that it doesn't really matter where you go that determines how good a time you'll have. The most critical ingredient to success and sanity when traveling with kids is having realistic expectations. I've had magical travel experiences with my children and trips that I still shudder about when I'm reminded of them. While there were unique circumstances with the bad trips (i.e., my husband spending two days climbing Half Dome while I chased a dirt-eating toddler through Yosemite), these awful experiences shared the problem of my Great Expectations.

Combat and the human horrors of war have changed Iraq soldiers. Divorce rates among Iraqi war veterans are spiraling. Reporter Amita Sharma spoke recently with one couple who say they’re on the brink

As the price of oil continues to climb, the scramble for new sources of the fossil fuel continues. One of the more promising places is Libya. In the past year, the United States allowed American businesses to return to Libya -- a decision that appears to be mutually beneficial.