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Combat Hopak: Ukraine's Martial Art Based on a Traditional Dance
Kickboxing, karate and mixed martial arts are incredibly popular in Ukraine. But over the past two decades, there has also been a movement to popularize a mythical martial art that some claim is indigenous to the Ukraine.
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Traveling With A Pressure Cooker
The pressure cooker has taken on a new, darker image since it was used as a home-made explosive device in the bombing of the Boston Marathon last month. Reporter Deepak Singh remembers his own experience of traveling to the US with a pressure cooker 10 years ago. He was stopped by airport…
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Ancient Mayan Pyramid Bulldozed, Mostly Reduced to Rubble for Use as Road Fill
Archaeologists are up in arms after learning that an ancient Mayan pyramid has been destroyed in the Central America.
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Chopping Chicken in Missouri: Immigrants--Not Locals--Still Fill the Processing Lines
Butchering chicken and meat. It’s dangerous, low-paying factory work--and it leans heavily on immigrant workers, sometimes illegally. Just like farm work, immigration reform could change this industry dramatically, from granting workers legal status to offering temporary work visas. At the same...
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'Never Forget To Lie': How Filmmaker Marian Marzynski survived the Holocaust as a Child
Filmmaker Marian Marzynski survived the holocaust as a child in Poland by leaving his parents behind and hiding his identity. He recently returned to Poland with other child survivors, and they tell their stories in his new film, "Never Forget to Lie."
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Changing Women's Lives in Bangladesh's Garment Factories
Mourners gathered at the site of a collapsed garment factory in Bangladesh to honor the more than 1,100 people who died. That incident focused global attention to the safety standards in Bangladesh's garment industry. Host Marco Werman speaks with Mushfiq Mobarak, an economics professor at Yale...
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Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy and the Fight Against Breast Cancer in the Arab World
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. Saudi Arabian doctor Samia Al-Amoudi became one of the first Saudi women to go public about her breast cancer, and has been trying to reduce the stigma of breast cancer across the…
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Alleged American Spy Caught in Russia with Old Fashioned Spyware
Russia's security services, the FSB, say they caught a US diplomat wearing a blond wig, as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent in Moscow. The diplomat, identified as Ryan Fogle, was detained and accused of being an undercover CIA agent.
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Gruesome 'Heart-Eating' Video in Syria Provokes International Condemnation
A video that appears to show rebel leader Abu Sakkar (pictured) mutilating the corpse of a dead government soldier, and eating some of his internal organs, has been obtained by Human Rights Watch. Marco Werman speaks with HRW's Peter Bouckaert.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition May 14, 2013
A gruesome video out of Syria highlights the brutality of the civil war there. Also, a new film tells the stories of children who survived the Holocaust. And, a push to popularize a martial art that some say is indigenous to Ukraine.
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A gruesome video out of Syria highlights the brutality of the civil war there. Also, a new film tells the stories of children who survived the Holocaust. And, a push to popularize a martial art that some say is indigenous to Ukraine.
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