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After struggling to get food to the Haitian earthquake survivors who need it most, international relief agencies are now using a new distribution system that focuses on giving the food to women. Organizers say previous food handouts were sometimes disrupted by young men pushing their way to the front of the line.

Spanish Language Films Go Head to Head in Competing Film Programs

Edward Walker, a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt who is now a professor of global political theory at Hamilton College, talks with Steve Inskeep about the violent clashes in Egypt and the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's authority.

The celebration comes amid controversy over keeping orcas in captivity, which has been heightened by the documentary "Blackfish.''

Airs Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The math teacher who inspired the movie Stand and Deliver died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Jaime Escalante may not have become a household name after the film, but he possessed an enduring gift: He could inspire, cajole, even taunt troubled kids to see themselves not as they were, but as they could be.

In Mali, the French continue air strikes to stop the advance of armed Islamist rebels in the north. In Syria, the death toll continues to rise, and in Afghanistan, questions remain about the ongoing transition of power. In all three regions, opportunities for current or future U.S. involvement is uncertain.

The architect-designer of the new downtown central library explains what elements are included in the design: the tech center, the high-school, the city offices, the solar collectors.

Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi uses his first U.N. appearance to rail against what he sees as the inequalities of the U.N. system. He also chastises the world body for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since its founding in 1945.

Americans spent an all-time high $55.7 billion on their pets last year and spending will creep close to $60 billion this year, according to a pet product industry group.