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National Security
1:58 am
Tue June 12, 2012

As Drone Strikes Grow, So Do Concerns Over Use

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An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on Jan. 31, 2010. Drones have become the U.S. weapon of choice in the fight against terrorism. But as the technology of this new form of warfare improves, so do concerns about how others will use it in the future.
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Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 9:28 am

Without question, drones have become the U.S. weapon of choice in the fight against terrorism. Counterterrorism officials say they've come to rely on the pilotless aircraft for their surveillance capability and what officials say is precision targeting. That reliance has led to greater use in the past couple of years, especially in Pakistan and Yemen.

John Bellinger, a State Department legal adviser during the George W. Bush administration, says there are increasing concerns about the frequency of drone attacks.

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Author Interviews
1:50 am
Tue June 12, 2012

What Animals Can Teach Humans About Healing

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When wildfires swept across Australia in February 2009, this photo of a firefighter sharing his water with an injured koala captured hearts around the world. The koala later died — not of fire-related injuries, but of chlamydia. Koalas in Australia are suffering from an epidemic of chlamydia, says Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. "There's no such thing as safe sex in the wild."
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Cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz has worked at the UCLA Medical Center for more than 20 years. She is also a cardiac consultant for the Los Angeles Zoo.
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Science journalist Kathryn Bowers writes about health, biology and evolution. She teaches writing at UCLA.
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Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 7:18 am

When Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was asked to treat an exotic little monkey with heart failure at the Los Angeles Zoo, she learned that monkeys can suffer heart attacks from extreme stress — just like humans. That's when the cardiologist realized she'd never thought to look beyond her own species for insights into disease.

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The Record
11:23 pm
Mon June 11, 2012

Egypt's Underground Wakes Up

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Noor Noor performs with his band El-Zabaleen, which makes many of its instruments out of recycled materials.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:42 pm

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Around the Nation
5:47 am
Mon June 11, 2012

A Comeback For Downtown Cleveland

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Outdoor dining spaces are filled on a warm spring day on E. 4th Street in downtown Cleveland. Like many former industrial towns, downtown Cleveland has seen a revival in the last few years to become an urban hotspot.
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Development of old properties in downtown Cleveland has caused an influx of young, college-educated residents.
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Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 10:11 am

Almost 11 years ago, Phil Alexander opened his company, BrandMuscle, in the affluent Cleveland suburb of Beachwood.

The company sells marketing software to corporate clients worldwide, and its offices have a lean, energetic vibe, with 20-somethings tossing around ideas in multiscreened meeting rooms or a comfortable coffee bar.

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Revolutionary Road Trip
3:44 am
Mon June 11, 2012

Looking To The Future, Libya Erases Part Of Its Past

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A map of the oil pipelines at Al-Sidrah. The man pointing to the map is Abujala Zenati, who had retired as manager of the operation. He says he returned to work after the revolution to help support the new Libya.
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A map of the oil pipelines at Al-Sidrah. The man pointing to the map is Abujala Zenati, who had retired as manager of the operation. He says he returned to work after the revolution to help support the new Libya.
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Abujala Zenati in the central control room at the oil production facility at Al-Sidrah.
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An oil tanker sits off the coast of Al-Sidra, filling its tanks with oil from an undersea pipeline. Oil production crashed during last year's fighting, but is now approaching pre-revolutionary levels.
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A display in Libya's national museum used to read "The Museums of the Jamahiriya." Jamihiriya was a word Ghaddfi invented to describe the governing system of Libya. The word has been covered with stickers of the revolutionary flag.
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Libya's deputy oil minister, Omar Shakmak, says he secretly supported the opposition in Libya while working in the oil industry for decades.
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A view of the Leptis Magna amphitheater. Leptis Magna is a massive Roman ruin on the Libyan coast between Tripoli and Misrata.
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Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 10:11 am

NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is taking a Revolutionary Road Trip across North Africa to see how the countries that staged revolutions last year are remaking themselves. Steve and his team are traveling some 2,000 miles from Tunisia's ancient city of Carthage, across the deserts of Libya and on to Egypt's megacity of Cairo. In his first story from Libya, he looks at what has changed in a country that was dominated for decades by one man.

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