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  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hold talks at the Iranian president's office in Tehran on Wednesday.
    Often Isolated, Iran Hosts Huge International Summit
    Iran is in the spotlight this week as it hosts a summit of nonaligned nations. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is attending, ignoring the advice of Israel and the U.S., which have been trying to isolate Iran. U.N. officials say Ban will bring a tough message to Iran. But others are skeptical.
  • New evacuations ordered as storm surge rolls in
    Authorities in Plaquemines Parish, where storm surge from Hurricane Isaac caused extensive flooding overnight, have ordered a mandatory evacuation for a…
  • Dusk to dawn curfew ordered in Jefferson Parish
    With Tropical Storm Isaac still over much of southeast Louisiana, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand has ordered a dusk to dawn curfew for all…
  • Jindal: May break levee to relieve pressure
    Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says coastal officials may intentionally break a levee on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish to relieve pressure on the…
  • Lafayette Parish issues mandatory curfew
    Lafayette Parish officials say a curfew has been put in place in anticipation of the tropical storm winds and heavy rain Hurricane Isaac is expected to…
  • Baton Rouge braces for hurricane force winds
    East Baton Rouge Parish residents should brace themselves for a combination of tropical storm and hurricane force winds linked to Isaac.Officials at Baton…
  • Fact Checkers Say Some Of Ryan's Claims Don't Add Up
    On Medicare, the stimulus and a story about the GM plant in his hometown, the GOP vice presidential nominee got some facts wrong, according to the news outlets and nonpartisan watchdogs that parse politicians' words.
  • Secret Service Agent Left Loaded Handgun In Bathroom Of Romney Plane
    The agent was pulled from the security detail and the Secret Service said they take this "very seriously."
  • A doctor examines chest X-rays at a tuberculosis clinic in Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa in late 2007. The number of TB cases that don't respond to both first- and second-line medications is rising worldwide.
    A Troubling Rise In Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
    A study examining the effectiveness of second line drugs for tuberculosis finds that extensively drug-resistant TB is spreading at an alarmingly high rate around the world. Its widespread prevalence in South Africa is forcing doctors to change the way they treat this emerging epidemic.
  • Gambia Leader Vows To Execute Death Row Prisoners
    Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh recently ordered the executions of all 47 prisoners on death row. Nine have been killed so far. The news comes decades after the last execution was ordered in that country. Host Michel Martin discusses the political situation in Gambia with Pa Nderry Mbai. He's a Gambian journalist living in exile in North Carolina.
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