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Dalian, China, a coastal city not far from North Korea, has created an unlikely alliance with the State University of New York. In the city's quest to be world-class and high-tech, it has turned to SUNY for help in training autoworkers at Dalian's University of Technology.

China is in the midst of a building boom of colleges and universities. The country is attempting to improve the quality of these institutions and its world ranking.

Dalia Mogahed, co-author of Who Speaks for Islam? talks about how Muslims view democracy, women's rights and radicalism. The book presents the findings of a six-year, 50,000-interview Gallup survey of Muslim populations worldwide.

As Russians prepare to vote for a new president on Sunday, it's a foregone conclusion that Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitri Medvedev will win in a landslide. The Kremlin appears to be so sure of Medvedev's victory that it has spent almost nothing on campaign advertising.

Mayawati Kumari is the chief minister of one of India's largest and poorest states. She's also the richest woman in India and one of the best known. Now there's talk about her possibly becoming the country's next prime minister.

China's capital faces an uphill fight to solve its notorious air pollution problem in time for August's Olympic Games, and the government is preparing to ban traffic to keep skies blue. Meanwhile, athletes are bracing for at least some bad air.

Elder statesman Shimon Peres was elected to the largely ceremonial post of president of Israel Wednesday, capping a career that has spanned six decades and, Israelis hope, restoring dignity to a position that has been marred by allegations of rape and sexual assault swirling around the country's current president.

Anbar Province, northwest of Baghdad, remains the most dangerous area in Iraq. American Marines are trying to bring order, but without much help from the Iraqi police battalions, whose numbers are dwindling.

Film critics discuss some of the new films in local theatres. Films include "Black Dahlia," "Hollywoodland," "Factotum," and "The Last Kiss."

Film critics discuss some of the new films in local theatres. Films include "Black Dahlia," "Hollywoodland," "Factotum," and "The Last Kiss."