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An activist said thousands of government troops were closing in on the area around Jisr al-Shughour and that an attack seemed imminent. Residents were abandoning their homes in fear of a brutal strike after dozens of security forces died there earlier this week.

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Learn how the local Muslim community and people who lost loved ones in 9/11 are reacting to the news that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has been killed. Plus, find out what the local military community thinks about the news. And, hear how bin Laden's death could impact terrorist networks around the world.

Tsunami-shattered fishing businesses could take years to rebuild. And for some, that may never happen. "I think it might end with me," one man says about his family's century-old fish processing company.

After a week of disasters and setbacks, power plant workers and military personnel at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant made some progress today in cooling over-heated fuel rods.

The videotapes that triggered a firestorm last week are being scrutinized. Footage posted by conservative activist James O'Keefe captured NPR's chief fundraising official disparaging conservatives, and saying the network would be better off without federal funding. But much of what Ron Schiller said was presented in a misleading light.

A businessman in the Libyan capital tells NPR that leader Moammar Gadhafi's already brutal attempts to hold on to power may get even tougher once foreigners aren't in Tripoli to see what's happening.

Soldiers targeted mourners who were part of a funeral procession moving toward a central square in the capital, which was the scene of a bloody crackdown the day before. Protesters at Friday prayers chanted against the king as recent violence has shifted public anger toward the nation's highest authorities.

Bahraini soldiers fired automatic weapons and lobbed tear gas at mourners in a funeral procession Friday who defied a ban on gatherings and marched toward a central square in the capital that was the scene of a bloody crackdown the day before.

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