All Things Considered for October 12, 2010 Hear the All Things Considered program for October 12, 2010

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The sun sets over an oil platform waiting to be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico at Port Fourchon in Louisiana. Getty Images hide caption

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White House Lifts Ban On Offshore Drilling

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Master metal artist Serge Jolimeau, whose work is featured in the new "Heart of Haiti" collection at Macy's, hails from Croix-des-Bouquets, a Haitian town with a metalworking tradition that goes back to the 1930s Courtesy of Fair Winds Trading hide caption

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Rebuilding Haiti, One Sale At A Time

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A man reads the Quran inside a mosque in Hamburg, northern Germany, Oct. 7. The recent U.S. terrorism alert for Europe has focused attention on Islamist militants originating in northern Germany. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption

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Some Muslims, Officials See Terror Alert As Alarmist

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North Koreans attend a political rally for their Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, and theĀ  Young General, Kim Jong Un, his youngest son and heir apparent. Louisa Lim/NPR hide caption

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Contrasts, Control Are Stark In Potemkin Pyongyang

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In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (right) and his son Kim Jong Un (left) attend a gala marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang on Sunday. AP hide caption

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Some S. Koreans Dismayed At U.S.-N. Korea Relations

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