All Things Considered for November 12, 2009 Hear the All Things Considered program for November 12, 2009

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A team at NASA tests possible maneuvers for the Mars rover Spirit to use to escape the soft soil it has been stuck in since April. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption

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NASA Unveils Plan To Unstick A Mars Rover

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Children are everywhere at the camp. Classes for grades 1 through 6 and 7 through 9 have been arranged at the camp and in a nearby town. Relief workers say it's important to give the children some sense of routine, as well as a safe place where they can play and talk about what they have witnessed. Peter Kenyon/NPR hide caption

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Ranks Of Displaced Yemenis Swell As Conflict Grows

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President Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, pays his respects to Capt. Russell G. Seager during a memorial service for shooting victims at Fort Hood, Texas. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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For Obama, Ceremonies Emphasize Weight Of War

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Battalion Chaplain Gary Lewis says a prayer over the Stryker where Spc. Aaron Aamot and Spc. Gary Gooch died the previous day. The wheels were still burning, and the soldiers later had a difficult time pulling the massive vehicle out of the blast crater. Graham Smith/NPR hide caption

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Soldiers Pick Up Wreckage After Afghanistan Bombing

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