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The U.S. Conference of Mayors held its annual meeting this weekend to discuss issues on the urban agenda. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter explains this year's gathering, and how he plans to address the challenges confronting his city. Among Philadelphia's challenges are poverty, crime and high foreclosure rates.

Kafka Project Does Prague

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Tibet has largely dropped off the Western radar since China's devastating earthquake last month. But the tragedy hasn't stopped the government from continuing its hard-line policies toward the Tibetan region.

On a four-day journey across a network of bases in southern Afghanistan, NPR's Ivan Watson and David Gilkey experience what life is like for troops in the war-torn country. It's a life of largely primitive conditions, interminable dust and scorching heat.

During husband President George W. Bush's second term, first lady Laura Bush has become a more public figure on Afghanistan, Myanmar and other foreign policy matters. She has become an asset abroad for an otherwise unpopular administration.

Protests calling for the reinstatement of judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf are the first major challenge to Pakistan's new coalition government. Pakistan's new ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, says there is consensus that the judiciary should be restored, but disagreement on how to do it.

The Children of Huang Shi draws on the real life of British journalist George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Hogg is eager to enter China in 1937 to…

A new exhibition in London celebrates the work of author Ian Fleming and the character he created — the quintessential Cold War secret agent, James Bond. Fleming based 007 on his experiences in the British Naval Intelligence.