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Set in the Rocky Mountains after an epidemic has killed off most of society, The Dog Stars, by adventure writer Peter Heller, casts an unusual mood as it alternates between elegiac reflection, lyrical nature writing and intense, high-caliber action. The Dog Stars will be published on Aug. 7.

Hundreds of majority Han Chinese — many of them armed — took to the streets in Urumqi, China, after ethnic violence between Han and ethnic minority Uighurs in the western Chinese city killed more than 150 people. The government has arrested more than 1,400 people and imposed a curfew.

The Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province are pursuing a counterinsurgency strategy of "hold to build" — pushing out the Taliban and helping the Afghan government bring a sense of normalcy to villages in a region known as the "snake's head."

For years, the kibbutz movement in Israel has been struggling. Now, fewer than 5 percent of Israelis live in the communal settlements. But from the ashes, some Israelis are trying to take the old movement in a new direction.

Somali families in the United States are watching and listening to this week's news about their country with great interest and concern. For one perspective, Robert talks with Zainab Hassan of Minneapolis, Minn., whose mother, brother and sister remain in Somalia. Her brother has told her that there is a real sense of fear on the streets.

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Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael S. Duskin, 42, was killed in Afghanistan on October 23, according to the Department of Defense. He was shot to death while on dismounted patrol in the Chak District of Wardak Province.

Dennis Lehane's latest novel moves from the modern Boston of books like Mystic River to Prohibition-era Florida. Reviewer Jennifer Reese says the story is weighed down by too much lovingly researched period detail, and not enough attention to character development.

Most families are stocking up this week on turkey and all the trimmings from the local grocery store. But for more and more families, there simply isn’t enough left in the budget to cover basic meal

San Diego is home to one of the nation's most prominent soccer tournaments, the San Diego Surf Cup XXVI. Recruiters come from across the country to find the best talent.