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Syrian workers inspect the site of an explosion outside a military security building, one of two sites of bomb blasts in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, February 10, 2012.
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Continuing Violence in Syria Raises Fears About Future

Some experts say crackdown will only intensify, that regime will not back down in quest for its own survival

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North Korean Accordionists

N. Koreans go Norwegian

Accordionists go viral on YouTube

Blue Moon, a new album by American piano legend Ahmed Jamal

Ahmad Jamal

Iconic American pianist performs in Paris

Tibetan Protests

Self- immolation has a long history

Hindu Celebration

Photo essay from Kuala Lumpur

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, top right, during a 1985 visit to the U.S. town of Muscatine, Iowa

Xi Returns to Iowa

Chinese vice president to revisit small US town

Americans spent $50 billion on their pets last year, up 23 percent since 2007.

Life of Luxury

Only the best for pampered pets

David Rubenstein and James Basker during the introduction of the copy of the 13th Amendment at the New York Historical Society, Feb. 3, 2012.

US 13th Amendment

1865 document outlawed slavery

Georgi Persky represents Fair Russia, the opposition party that won in December’s parliamentary elections in Yekaterinburg

Beyond Moscow

Opposition spreads far outside capital

Facebook: Friendly or Not?

IPO filing sparks debate

Rez Abbasi Quintet

Jazz & Qawwali Mix

Rez Abbasi blends jazz & S. Asian music

   

 

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Kashmiri Muslims watch as an unseen priest shows a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, India.
 

 

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Going Green
Rebecca Ward reports on threats to amphibians and how captive breeding programs may help save them from extinction.

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 A fungus spread by the trade in amphibians has led to the extinction of about 120 species of frogs around the world.

 

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