PRI’s The World: 5/19/14

The World

The US charges five members of the Chinese military with cyber-espionage. And, we try to pick up the pieces in the middle of Syria's civil war. We hear from two besieged cities: Homs and Damascus. Plus, why Russia's alphabet may be shrinking, by one letter.

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