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Among developing countries, Thailand is second only to Brazil when it comes providing universal access to AIDS drugs. One Thai woman, Krisana Kraisintu, took on government officials and multinational pharmaceuticals to make this drug availability possible. Now she's setting her sights on Africa's AIDS crisis. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd deal with Jane Lynch in Role Models (Universal)

As Mother's Day approaches, food writer Monica Bhide recalls the ups and downs of her young son's adventuresome tastes. As he got older, he shied away from dishes that his peers deemed "weird." But a kids cooking class showed him he wasn't alone — and led to renewed requests for Mom's signature shrimp curry.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting in Thailand with foreign ministers from the ASEAN alliance. The 10-nation group includes longtime friends, former enemies and some very complex relationships.

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The Miss Saigon pageant winner left Vietnam for the U.S. in 1975 and eventually became an FBI special agent. She has reinvented herself once again; she now lives in Bangkok and runs a Vietnamese restaurant that has become a favorite of locals and expatriates alike.

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The Israeli government is planning to cut the number of foreign cooks working in the country, especially in Asian restaurants. The move has angered many Asian chefs so on Tuesday they planned a day of political protest: They stopped serving egg rolls.