Analysis
Week In Review With Daniel Schorr
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Anthony Kuhn/NPRSetbacks Stall Finish Of China's Massive Dam Project
()The massive reservoir behind China's Three Gorges Dam was supposed to be filled to capacity this month. But landslides on the reservoir and water shortages downstream have delayed the process. Questions have been raised about the dam, which is the world's largest hydropower project, and what it might mean for the Yangtze River.
Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found
Two fingers and a tooth from his corpse that were given up for lost apparently have been relocated.
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The Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment, are among 21,000 additional forces in Afghanistan.
Middle East
Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen()
November 20, 2009 News from Yemen has been dominated recently by an escalating rebellion along the border with Saudi Arabia. But the country has been making news for decades because of its severe overuse of a rapidly disappearing water supply, the result of natural and political causes.
Europe
Record Rainfall Wreaks Havoc In Britain, Ireland()
November 20, 2009 Raging floods engulfed northern England's Lake District on Friday, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. In Ireland, more than 3 feet of water shut down the center of the country's second-largest city, Cork, and more than a dozen other towns and villages.
Latin America
Peruvian Police Say Gang Killed People For Their Fat()
November 20, 2009 Police arrested three members of a gang in the Peruvian jungle that allegedly has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed doubt about an international black market for human fat, though it does have cosmetic applications.
Afghanistan
Suicide Motorcycle Bomber Kills 16 In Afghanistan()
November 20, 2009 Two children and a policeman were among those killed in the blast, which wounded at least 23 others when the motorcyclist detonated the explosives in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.
Around the Nation
Another Minn. Man Indicted In Missing Somalis Case()
November 19, 2009 Another man has been indicted on terrorism charges in a federal investigation into the recruitment of Minnesota Somalis to fight in Somalia.
Europe
European Union Selects Belgian, Briton For Top Posts()
November 19, 2009 Trade commissioner Catherine Ashton of Britain was selected as the EU's new foreign policy chief and Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was picked for president. Their appointments suggested the need for compromise outweighed the desire for big names like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Asia
Police, Courthouse Targeted In Pakistan Attacks()
November 19, 2009 Two police officers were killed by a suicide bomber a day after 19 people were killed outside a courthouse in Peshawar. The bombings brought to eight the number of militant attacks in less than two weeks in the city on the Afghan border.
