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Defiant Hong Kong Protesters Try To Blockade Government Headquarters

9:26am December 01, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

Thousands of demonstrators clashed with police early Monday as they blocked key roads and offices in the latest flare-up of the months-long protests. Police say they arrested dozens overnight.

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With over 700 pages and 600 recipes, Mexico: The Cookbook, attempts to document exhaustively the country's varied regional cuisines. Recipes in the book include (from left): potato and chorizo tacos; divorced eggs with tomatillo sauce; and tikin-xik fish,

Mexican Chef Serves Up An Authoritative Guide To Her Country's Cuisine

9:21am December 01, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

Unlike other exhaustive guides to Mexico's diverse regional foods, Mexico: The Cookbook was written by a Mexican. Margarita Carrillo's recipes aim for simplicity to lure American readers to explore.

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Protesters In Moscow Demand Explanation For Health Care Cuts

10:13pm November 30, 2014

by Corey Flintoff

Several thousand demonstrators marched on Sunday to protest the government's plan to eliminate jobs for up to 10,000 doctors and close 28 of Moscow's hospitals due to budget cuts.

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In Dubai, Shoppers Hit The Malls For 'White Friday'

6:01pm November 30, 2014

Many in the international city of Dubai celebrated Thanksgiving and then went shopping. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to correspondent Deborah Amos about the new tradition in the city of shopping malls.

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Syrian Refugees Find Little Comfort In Greece

5:57pm November 30, 2014

by Joanna Kakissis

Many Syrians fleeing war hope to get to northern Europe. An increasingly popular route is across the Mediterranean to Greece. Those who make it safely often face dire conditions when they arrive.

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This Chinese teenager weighs 353 pounds. At a "slimming center" in China's central Hubei province, he's exercising and undergoing acupuncture to lose weight.

The Whole World Is Fat! And That Ends Up Costing $2 Trillion A Year

5:37pm November 30, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Nearly a third of us are overweight, and some of the worst rates of obesity are in the developing world. All this corpulence takes a huge economic toll.

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Pro-democracy protesters set up a new roadblock close to the chief executive office in Hong Kong late Sunday.

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Hong Kong Police Push Back Pro-Democracy Protesters

2:38pm November 30, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The student-led demonstrations calling for greater freedom in the Chinese territory have been going on for more than two months with no sign of compromise from Beijing.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday â one of several in recent days that appears to signal a major upsurge in Taliban violence in the city.

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Kabul's Police Chief Steps Down Amid Stepped-Up Taliban Attacks

2:35pm November 30, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The resignation of Gen. Zahir Zahir came after a series of attacks against foreigners in the capital that are attributed to the Taliban.

Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans against the government and military on Saturday, after murder charges against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were dismissed.

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Police In Cairo Disperse Anti-Mubarak Protests

2:24pm November 30, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The protests came after the 86-year-old former strongman saw charges of murder against him overturned by an appeals court.

An Iranian national shops at a popular market in the holy Iraqi Shiite city of Najaf. Recently, the city — where millions of international pilgrims visit every year — has been spared the worst of Iraq's violence.

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With Shopping, Holy Sites, Najaf Offers Respite From Iraq's Violence

12:44pm November 30, 2014

by Alice Fordham

When you think of Iraq, you may picture a desert battlefield. But life is not like that everywhere. The southern Shiite heartland of Najaf is full of religious pilgrims and bustling business.

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