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Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

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Movies I've Seen A Million Times
4:03 pm
Sat June 15, 2013

The Movie Jesse Eisenberg Has 'Seen A Million Times'

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Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 6:15 pm

The weekends on All Things Considered series Movies I've Seen A Million Times features filmmakers, actors, writers and directors talking about the movies that they never get tired of watching.

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Middle East
4:03 pm
Sat June 15, 2013

Obama's Dilemma: Arming The Syrian Rebels

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Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 5:19 pm

The White House is taking its first tentative steps toward arming Syrian rebels. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic, about the U.S.' ongoing struggle to determine when is the right time to intercede. They also discuss moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani's victory in the Iranian presidential election.

Around the Nation
4:03 pm
Sat June 15, 2013

Fighting Unwanted Cat Calls, One Poster At A Time

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New York artist Tatayana Fazlalizadeh uses posters to combat unwanted cat calls and attention from men in her neighborhood.
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New York artist Tatayana Fazlalizadeh, 27, says she couldn't take the daily cat calls from men on the street.
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Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 5:19 pm

It's hard to go unnoticed in New York City, with everyone checking out the latest fashions and hairstyles. As the weather warms, some women who are shedding those winter layers are finding themselves the object of more cat calls, whistles and roving eyes than they'd like.

Artist Tatayana Fazlalizadeh is not going to take it anymore.

Under the cover of darkness, wearing a black knit hit, black leather jacket and black Chuck Taylors, Fazlalizadeh is nearly invisible. She's scouring Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, for a blank canvas.

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The Picture Show
12:04 pm
Sat June 15, 2013

Pakistani Photographers Take A Personal Picture Of Pakistan

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A young man stitches decorative seat covers and curtains in Rawalpindi, where he works for more than 12 hours a day.
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Children work on their homework after school in a village near Peshawar.
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A Pakistani car mechanic known for being able to fix any car problem.
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A young man stitches decorative seat covers and curtains in Rawalpindi, where he works for more than 12 hours a day.
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A woman sits on a street corner in the old city of Peshawar, waiting for a passerby's attention. She does not have any other source of income and is forced to beg.
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An evening election rally in Islamabad captures the enthusiasm of party supporters.
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Brothers head home after school in Murree. The boys hold hands, expressing friendship and bonding.
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A woman returns home after fetching water in a village in Mohmand Agency.
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A mother and daughter work in the fields in a village in the Swat Valley.
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Baseer runs a pottery workshop in Jamrud, Khyber Agency.
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Men pass through a busy market of Saidpur village in Islamabad, where the locals buy their daily produce.
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A horse's legs get a henna treatment every Friday on its day off from carrying sand.
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Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 7:08 pm

Last year, National Geographic offered a photo camp for emerging Pakistani photographers to explore the tribal areas of their country.

Seventeen photographers spent six days around Islamabad learning to tell stories with photos.

And just this week, a selection of those photos were on display at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., in an exhibit called Pakistan Through Our Eyes.

A few of the photographers joined NPR's Jacki Lyden to discuss their experiences.

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Shots - Health News
5:46 pm
Fri June 14, 2013

Rule Would List All Chimps As Endangered, Even Lab Animals

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Chimpanzee Toni celebrated his 50th birthday at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich on Nov. 22, 2011.
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Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 8:45 am

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a new rule that would extend "endangered species" protections to chimpanzees held in captivity. Nearly half of all the chimps in the U.S. live in research facilities, and the regulation changes would make it more difficult to use these animals in medical experiments.

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