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Iran says it will not return US drone

 

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Iran will not return a U.S. surveillance drone captured by its armed forces, a senior commander of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard said Sunday.

 

 

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Kate Winslet was just 21 when she starred in the mega-blockbuster Titanic in 1997. The strains of marriage and parenthood loom large in Winslet's new movie Carnage, directed by controversial filmmaker, Roman Polanski .

Kate Winslet stars in Polanski's new film, Carnage | PRI.ORG

 

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Winslet, who made her debut in Titanic 14 years ago, plays one half of a couple in a dispute with another couple after their sons get in a playground fight. The movie debuts in the U.S. on Dec. 16

 

 

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A week of protests in Russia have forced President Dmitry Medvedev to agree to a review of bitterly contested parliamentary elections.

Russian President Medvedev announces limited recount of contested Duma elections | PRI.ORG

 

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Dmitry Medvedev, in the wake of protests by thousands of Russians, announced over the weekend that the results of the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections would be recounted. 

 

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The recordings come from 78s, 45s and LPs that record collector Will Holland found while scouring bins in Colombia.

Vintage Recordings of Colombian Cumbia

 

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The recordings come from 78s, 45s and LPs that record collector Will Holland found while scouring bins in Colombia.

 

 

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Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is a bustling business city, but it’s also on the bleeding edge of climate change. Rainfall disruptions and drought have led to a mass migration from rural areas of the country to the city. About 60 percent of the population now live in slums. Hell on Earth is how some people, like journalist Jocelyn Zuckerman, describe it. But others see an opportunity.

Urban farming an emerging trend as Kenya lives on edge of climate change | PRI.ORG

 

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In Kenya, vertical farming and small, urban plots are becoming an important part of keeping poor Kenyans from starving as they move out of the countryside and into the cities, because of climate change.