In 2nd Term, Obama To Pivot To Asia
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The president of the United States, as his title suggests, is the leader of this country, but in many ways is also the leader of the world. And so we're looking at how...
View ArticleIndia's Supreme Court To Hear Venue Appeal In Notorious Rape And Murder Case
India's Supreme Court will hear a petition Wednesday on behalf of one of the defendants in the New Delhi rape and murder case that has provoked mass protests in that nation. One of the accused, Mukesh...
View ArticleOutside The Big City, A Harrowing Sexual Assault In Rural India
It began as an innocent Sunday outing to see the movie The Life of Pi. By the time the night was over, it had become a grisly gang rape that shocked the world.Five men went on trial this week, charged...
View ArticleIn The Waters Of India's Holy Rivers, Seeking A Glimpse Of Immortality
The Hindu gathering known as Kumbh Mela is on a scale difficult to fathom: The world's largest religious festival is millions of feet shuffling, millions of mantras chanted, countless sales of firewood...
View ArticleIn A Swirl Of Humanity, A Chance Encounter With A Saint
Kurt Vonnegut once said, "What makes life worth living are the saints. ... They can be longtime friends or someone I meet on a street. They find a way to behave decently in an indecent society."And so...
View ArticleViolent Street Clashes In Bangladesh Leave Dozens Dead
A wave of violence has rocked Bangladesh after a special war crimes tribunal Thursday imposed the death penalty on an Islamist leader for his role in the country's 1971 war of independence from...
View ArticleRemembering Hugo Chavez
I first encountered Hugo Chavez in Caracas, starring in his own television show, Hello, Mr. President. I couldn't take my eyes of the program, which began at 11 a.m. and ended after 7 p.m.It was an...
View ArticleU.S. To Honor India Gang-Rape Victim
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It is International Women's Day. To mark that occasion, First Lady Michelle Obama joins of Secretary of State John Kerry to recognize women around the world who have...
View ArticleOn India's Trains, Seeking Safety In The Women's Compartment
Headlines in India's national newspapers tell the story of the state of women in the country.
View ArticleIn Court, Former Pakistan President Faces A Flying Shoe
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suffered only a blow to his dignity when a lawyer hurled a shoe at him Friday as he entered the High Court in the southern city of Karachi.The shoe missed...
View ArticlePurging Candidates Offers Pakistan A Bit Of Comic Relief
The culling of candidates in the run-up to Pakistan's May 11 election is providing the country some badly needed levity.The "Pakistani Inquisition," as it's been dubbed, has election commission...
View ArticleOutrage Erupts In India Over 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape
"What has changed?" That is the question echoing through Delhi on Sunday.
View ArticlePakistani Prosecutor Investigating Bhutto Death Is Gunned Down
In Pakistan, police say two unidentified gunmen fatally shot the special prosecutor investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.Friday's attack on Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali in...
View ArticlePakistani Women Still Struggling For A Voice In Politics
Flags of the competing political parties whip in the wind of seaside Karachi. But little else is stirring in this city of 18 million this day.The MQM, a leading political party in the megacity, has...
View ArticleWill Imran Khan Shake Up Pakistani Politics This Time?
After retiring as Pakistan's most celebrated cricket player, Imran Khan has dabbled on the margins of Pakistani politics for nearly two decades, trying to make a mark.The sportsman turned...
View ArticleNawaz Sharif Expected To Win Pakistan's Elections
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: On a Monday, it's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Good morning.The last time Nawaz Sharif was prime minister...
View ArticleMother Of India Gang Rape Victim Faces Suspects In Court
In India, the mother of the 23-year-old woman fatally gang-raped on a moving bus last December appeared in court Friday and for the first time clapped eyes on the men accused in the heinous attack on...
View ArticleIn India, More Women Are Playing Matchmaker For Themselves
In India, some of the most entertaining reading on a Sunday afternoon is found in the classified ads.
View ArticleBangladesh Collapse: The Garment Workers Who Survived
(We updated this post at 11:58 a.m. ET to include a statement released Wednesday by Walmart. Click hereto see that)It's been 2 1/2 months since the Rana Plaza collapsed on garment workers in...
View ArticleFamilies Of Poisoned Children Try To Cope In India
For many poor rural Indians, their children represent their hopes and dreams for the future — and the education they scrimp and save for represents the hope that their children might relieve their...
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