The company Oneida Limited had been making flatware in Sherrill, New York since 1880, but the factory was shut down in 2005 and work was shifted to Asia. Today, 53 people are working at a new company, Liberty Tabletop, the only manufacturer of flatware in

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An audience watches actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol on the big screen.

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This beloved Bollywood film gets a new life on Broadway

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Yuxin Wu plays the Chinese gehu string instrument. 

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Chinese musician works to revive the gehu instrument

Many Taipei residents visit the city's historic Dihua Street to buy goods for the Lunar New Year.

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Syrian children who are refugees in Turkey face many barriers to learning. 

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In Turkey, refugee children face hurdles to school enrollment

Antonio Trujillo holds a cigarette while resting on a bench, in Pamplona, northern Spain

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Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook

In this Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter from Shams al-Shamal heads to the front line in Kobani, Syria. 

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Court orders Canada to take back its citizens from camps in Syria

Peru protests reveal ethnic and regional divides

A security personnel speaks to people from inside the main gate of Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India

Free speech

Blocking BBC documentary on Gujarat riots goes against India's democratic values, journalist says

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