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Iraqi Foundation Preserves Country's Recent Past

The Iraq Memory Foundation, created by Iraqi exiles after the ouster of Saddam Hussein three years ago, aims to preserve and analyze Iraqi Baath party records. It hopes that Iraqis can understand the mistakes of the past -- and never repeat them.

Iraqi Foundation Preserves Country's Recent Past

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Books

Librarian's Picks: Saving the Best for First

Sometimes authors' best works are their first. The tale of an imaginary universe where elevators are really important and the story of the first giraffe in Europe are among librarian Nancy Pearl's selections of must-read literary debuts.

Librarian's Picks: Saving the Best for First

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Race

Blacks, Latinos and the Immigration Debate

The immigration debate has exposed tensions between Latinos and African Americans. Farai Chideya discusses the issue with Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, co-director of Immigration Studies at New York University, and Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and author of numerous books about the African-American experience.

Blacks, Latinos and the Immigration Debate

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Music

Cristina Branco: Musical Journey to Portugal

Cristina Branco is part of a younger generation of Portuguese singers that has rediscovered and transformed traditional fado songs. But her new album Ulisses veers away from that tradition and explores new stylistic and linguistic territory.

Cristina Branco: Musical Journey to Portugal

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Music

New Orleans Social Club: 'Sing Me Back Home'

The New Orleans Social Club, a loose affiliation of famed New Orleans musicians, are trying to restore a bit of the city's musical heritage with a new CD — and in the process, restore a piece of their own lives washed away by Hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans Social Club: 'Sing Me Back Home'

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Science

U.K.'s Royal Society Buys a Piece of Science History

Britain's leading scientific academy paid $1.75 million on Tuesday for a 17th-century manuscript that details the beginning of modern science. The Royal Society bought the manuscript on the eve of a public auction. Alex Chadwick speaks with the Steven Cox, chief executive of the Royal Society, about the big purchase.

U.K.'s Royal Society Buys a Piece of Science History

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Katrina & Beyond

Louisiana Promotes Music Scene with New Agency

The state of Louisiana is creating a new agency to market its music to the world. Some think it's a great way to get musicians back on their feet after Hurricane Katrina. Others say that many of those same musicians have no home to come back to, and that these basic needs should be the state's first priority. Reporter Eve Troeh reports.

Louisiana Promotes Music Scene with New Agency

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Katrina & Beyond

Unorthodox Therapy in New Orleans Raises Concern

Some mental health workers are using untested therapies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina -- and that is prompting concern. One such treatment is thought field therapy, in which tapping on a series of acupuncture-type points in the body is thought to free the sufferer from emotional pain.

Unorthodox Therapy in New Orleans Raises Concern

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Opinion

Dave Chappelle: When Race Meets Fame

A media critic notes Dave Chappelle's struggles with stardom. The stand-up comic's TV show earned him a huge contract, and shortly afterward he left the show to spend time in Africa. Now he's back, and has begun to explain his mixed feelings about fame to the public.

Dave Chappelle: When Race Meets Fame

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Detainees at Guantanamo Bay

High Court Voices Skepticism of President's Tribunals

U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply question the legal basis for the military tribunals set up by President Bush in the war on terrorism. The White House contends that detainees must first submit to military commissions, and then may appeal to civilian courts.

High Court Voices Skepticism of President's Tribunals

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News

Reid Backs 'Path to Legalization' for Immigrants

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says he will support legislation that would give the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States a "path to legalization."

Reid Backs 'Path to Legalization' for Immigrants

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Krulwich Wonders...

The Little Coffee Plant that Wouldn't Die

Rodrigues island's "cafe marron" plant has been presumed extinct for scores of years. Then, one day, a little boy told his teacher that the plant lived, near his house. Suddenly, an obscure, skinny little bush that nobody had noticed became an international treasure and the focus of a 20-year effort to preserve it.

The Little Coffee Plant that Wouldn't Die

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Driveway Moments

Turtle Holds on in Center of Vietnam's Capital

A turtle weighing more than 400 pounds lives in a lake at the center of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. The turtle, as legend has it, is several hundred years old and is the last of its kind.

Turtle Holds on in Center of Vietnam's Capital

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Radio Expeditions

Interviews: Saving the Marco Polo Sheep

Some have called George Schaller the globe's greatest living naturalist. He's been tracking and studying the Marco Polo sheep for some 20 years in a quest to create wildlife preserves in some of the world's most dangerous areas along the borders of Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

Interviews: Saving the Marco Polo Sheep

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Politics

Sen. Burns Scrutinized for Earmark Tied to Abramoff

An earmark linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff threatens the political career of Montana Sen. Conrad Burns. Burns helped steer money to a wealthy tribe from Michigan that employed Abramoff. At the same, the impoverished Blackfeet tribe of Montana says the senator ignored its plight.

Sen. Burns Scrutinized for Earmark Tied to Abramoff

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