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Goats and Soda
The school's workshop has saws and drills to make limbs as well as ovens for baking the plastic.

An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who's Going To Make It?

Jul 23, 2015
That's the question in Bangladesh, where there aren't enough clinicians to make prosthetic devices for accident victims and others in need. Now there's a school to fill the gap.
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The Salt
Kongguksu — Korean soybean noodles

Buddhist Diet For A Clear Mind: Nuns Preserve Art Of Korean Temple Food

Jul 23, 2015
In South Korea, Buddhist temple food is viewed the way spa food is in the U.S.: curative, cleansing, perhaps even medicinal. Buddhist nuns have preserved these cooking techniques for 1,600 years.
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The Two-Way
Asia Bibi's case has attracted international attention. In March Alain Juppe, near left, mayor of the French city of Bordeaux, unveiled a poster in the city hall courtyard in honor of Asia Bibi. A similar poster is in front of the city hall in Paris.

In Pakistan Death Row Case, A Rare Glimmer Of Hope

Jul 22, 2015
Asia Bibi, a 50-year-old mother of five sentenced to death in 2010 for insulting Islam, has been granted a reprieve — for now. Pakistan's Supreme Court will hear her appeal, but no date has been set.
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The Two-Way
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei received a new passport four years after authorities confiscated it.

After 4 Years, Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Gets His Passport Back

Jul 22, 2015
Authorities had seized Ai's passport in apparent retaliation for his social and political work. Ai's work is often fiercely critical of the Chinese government.
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Goats and Soda
Adult hookworms, from a dog. The larva, which penetrate the skin, are even smaller.

Trying To Get The World Unhooked From Hookworm

Jul 21, 2015
The worm infects 740 million people and causes anemia and loss of protein. A vaccine is in the works. And some brave souls are testing it out by ... getting infected with hookworm.
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Goats and Soda
British actress Zawe Ashton and Agnes Pareyio, who underwent female genital mutilation as a girl in Kenya, are two of the activists featured in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/46Cn3NTcR2R8ZPvYKNSKQKb/faces-from-the-anti-fgm-frontline">"

Female Genital Mutilation Is A U.S. Problem, Too

Jul 21, 2015
A new report says an estimated half a million American girls are at risk. The U.S. and other developed countries can learn from efforts in Africa to eliminate the practice.
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Goats and Soda
"If we want to see change," says pothole opponent Katnam, "we have to start doing it ourselves."

Look Out, Potholes! This 67-Year-Old Retiree Is Out To Fill You

Jul 20, 2015
Gandgadhara Tilak Katnam is an ordinary guy with an extraordinary mission: getting rid of India's killer potholes.
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The Two-Way
In this 1942 file photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Japanese soldiers stand guard over American prisoners of war just before the start of the Bataan Death March following the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Some of those who survived the d

Japan's Mitsubishi Apologizes For Using U.S. POWs As Forced Labor In WWII

Jul 19, 2015
A senior executive personally said sorry to James Murphy, 94, who was forced to work in one of the company's copper mines, something Murphy described as "slavery in every way."
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Parallels
Farmers worked in June in a cornfield in a southern region of North Korea that has seen unusually light rainfall this year.

Is N. Korea Facing A Famine Or Just Seeking More Aid?

Jul 18, 2015
The country warned in June it faces its worst drought in a century. That's raised concerns — and some doubts about the severity of the situation. In the 1990s, 1 million died in a famine.
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The Two-Way
Putting some spin on the ball.

WATCH: Magnus Effect Whisks Basketball Into The Spin Zone

Jul 17, 2015
A viral video by the Australian trick basketball team How Ridiculous demonstrates a property of physics that can make the ball appear to momentarily defy gravity.
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The Two-Way
Tokyo's proposed National Stadium, a key part of its 2020 Olympics plan, is being reopened to design proposals after Japanese officials said new cost estimates had risen sharply.

Mocked And Maligned, Japan Spikes Plan For $2 Billion Olympic Stadium

Jul 17, 2015
Its cost had swollen; its design sparked an unflattering meme. Now Japan's prime minister is telling Tokyo organizers to start over with their plan for a centerpiece stadium.
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Goats and Soda
On July 9, 2013, heavy floodwaters swept through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province.

How Air Pollution May Have Caused Catastrophic Flooding in China

Jul 16, 2015
Scientists believe soot that hangs over the mountains of Sichuan Basin — a byproduct of factories and cars — brought about the 2013 floods that devastated the region.
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Goats and Soda
Here's the group of "teen advisers" who spoke with Goats and Soda at the 2015 Girl Up conference in Washington, D.C. Top row (all rows left to right): Amy Gong Liu, Janet Diaz, Janet Ho, Kennede Reese, Rebecca Ruvalcaba. Middle row: Ruhy Patel, Celia Buc

Haters Gonna Hate. Teen Girl Activists Shake It Off And Try Again

Jul 16, 2015
These Girl Up leaders know that it's hard being a girl anywhere in the world — whether you're fighting to go to school or convincing boys that yes, girls can run for student council, too!
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The Salt
In some Indian states, efforts to serve eggs to malnourished children are a political minefield. See the related animation, "<a href="http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/power-lunch-india-mid-day-meal-program">Power Lunch: India's Mid-Day Meal Program</a

Egg War: Why India's Vegetarian Elite Are Accused Of Keeping Kids Hungry

Jul 14, 2015
Serving eggs in free school meals could boost the protein-deficient diets of poor, lower caste Indian school kids. But in some Indian states, powerful vegetarian politicians have thwarted these plans.
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Code Switch
Japanese newspapers were very excited about the arrival of pitching ace James Bonner, publishing stories with headlines like, "Dashing Bonner Releases an Amazing Crossfire from his Iron Arm."

The Secret History Of Black Baseball Players In Japan

Jul 14, 2015
Decades before Jackie Robinson broke American baseball's color line, a long-standing camaraderie between black and Japanese players would shape the future of baseball in Japan.
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Goats and Soda
Saroj listens to the complaints and concerns of other cooks and kitchen help during a union meeting.

How One Woman Found The Courage To Say No To Domestic Abuse

Jul 13, 2015
An Indian woman suffered through domestic violence for 20 years. Then she changed her life by going to school, but it wasn't to learn. It was to cook.
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Asia

School-Lunch Program Provides Unexpected Benefits For Rural Indian Women

Jul 13, 2015
A simple job as a cook at a school can help women in Northern India make big changes in their lives — including escaping domestic violence. For Saroj, it freed her from decades of abuse.
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Asia

China's Stock Market Plunge Hits Small Investors

Jul 11, 2015
First-time investors were the hardest hit by China's stock market crash. Many who rushed to invest didn't have a high school education. NPR's Wade Goodwyn talks to economist Tom Orlitz of Bloomberg.
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Economy
The freighter American Mariner discharges its load of iron ore in Cleveland last November. Prices for iron ore and other commodities have plunged amid economic uncertainty in China and Europe.

Stocks Manage To Bounce, But Commodity Prices Are Swooning

Jul 11, 2015
Prices for raw materials, such as iron ore, copper and oil, are down dramatically from last year. The price plunge helps contain inflation for consumers, but is tough on mining and drilling companies.
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The Two-Way
A resident rides a bicycle on a road submerged by water in Xiangshan county, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Saturday after Typhoon Chan-hom hit the Chinese coast south of Shanghai, forcing 1.1 million people to evacuate.

Strong Typhoon Slams Shanghai, Second In A Week For China

Jul 11, 2015
Chan-hom, packing winds of 100 mph, made landfall just south of Shanghai, forcing the evacuation of more than a million residents.
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Goats and Soda
Activists in Sri Lanka got an early start on the day of action, with a demonstration by 800 people in Negombo province on the Sri Lanka's western coast.

Boy Band Joins The Masses To Take A Stand For Global Development

Jul 11, 2015
One Direction is one of many supporters of today's "global day of action," when citizens will make demands of their leaders. The goal: to send a message to the Financing for Development summit.
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Goats and Soda
A child receives the second dose of the cholera vaccine in Saut d'Eau, Haiti, last September.

Cholera Vaccine Protects Whole Community, Even Unvaccinated

Jul 10, 2015
A cheap, oral vaccine — about the size of an "energy shot" — offers fresh hope for preventing cholera epidemics, like the one that has killed nearly 10,000 people in Haiti.
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Goats and Soda
These bovines, oblivious to the traffic of Kathmandu, appear to be best buddies.

Kathmandu Is Cowed By Abandoned Cattle

Jul 10, 2015
In the post-earthquake chaos, farmers are turning loose old cows and baby bulls. And the city doesn't have the resources to deal with the wandering bovines.
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The Two-Way
Mount Raung spews volcanic materials as seen from Sumber Arum village in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, on Friday.

Eruption Of Indonesian Volcano Forces Closure Of Airports

Jul 10, 2015
Five airports on Java, Bali and Lombok have been closed as a result of the eruption of Mount Raung, which has sent clouds of ash drifting over the region.
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Asia

Now At The Top Of Japan's Mount Fuji: Free Wi-Fi

Jul 10, 2015
Climbers who conquer Japan's tallest mountain will now be able to upload their achievement online immediately. Mount Fuji is getting eight hotspots with free Wi-Fi.
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