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In northern Iraq, thousands of Christian families remain displaced from their homes in the city of Mosul. Many are living with relatives or taking refuge in churches and monasteries in an area north of the city that's known as the Nineveh Plain.

The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has become a symbol for one of the country's most intractable problems: debate over who should control Iraq's oil riches. The Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens are all vying for demographic and political control.

Indonesia has gotten bad press for bombings by al-Qaida-linked militants and attacks on Christian churches. But the country is more tolerant than these acts suggest, and that tolerance seems to be growing. One sign: A preacher who waited 16 years has finally opened a Christian megachurch in Jakarta.

After 14 years in power, the African National Congress no longer cuts a youthful figure on the nation's political landscape, and young people say the party has let itself go. "The ANC came with a lot of promises and all the promises were never delivered," one 35-year-old says.

Wayne Wang is a Chinese film maker who's spent many years building a reputation. His most successful films have explored cultural tensions. His two new movies explore that theme as it relates to diffe

Pakistani leaders are trying to reach a consensus about how to handle the violent conflict that has spread into the country from Afghanistan. The issue provokes particularly strong feelings: Pakistanis disagree among themselves about whether it's their war to fight.

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Kenyan authorities have deported Jerome Corsi, the author of The Obama Nation: Leftists Politics and the Cult of Personality. Immigration officials said he didn't have a work permit. Corsi was detained at his hotel and ordered to leave the country.

The problem with the classroom I visited can be easily summed up with a short interaction I had with the teacher. The teacher asked me if I noticed the diversity of his class.

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