February 14, 2012

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay (file photo)

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UN Rights Chief 'Outraged' by Syrian Attacks

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay says Syria might soon be plunged into civil war

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Toxic water from mining runs into a lake in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

City of Gold

Toxic mining water threatens Johannesburg

Grammy Awards

Adele, Foo Fighters big winners

N. Koreans Go Norwegian

Accordionists go viral

Musical Fusion

Cambodian-American pushes boundaries

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

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

Beyond Moscow

Opposition spreads far outside capital

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Road to the White House

Coverage of the U.S. presidential election race

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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.