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Aga Ilwicka-Sheppard is a PhD candidate in Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw in Poland. She was instrumental in getting the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts to send 3,000 Yiddish language books to Poland, including novels, dictionar
Arts, Culture & Media
This Polish grad student wants to help bring Yiddish back to life in Poland
A local resident watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's news conference, in Kiev.
Global Politics
Members of Ukraine’s Parliament beat a TV station chief for airing Putin
John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), stands in front of a diagram showing the search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, during a briefing in C
Conflict & Justice
Don’t give up yet on the ‘best lead’ in the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for March 20, 2014
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for March 20, 2014
A Ukrainian serviceman digs a trench at a checkpoint facing Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's small frontier detachments would have difficulty stopping an all-out Russian attack, but would more likely be by-passed and isolated, on the "Crimean model" of
Conflict & Justice
If it comes to war with Russia, does Ukraine stand a chance?
A Ukrainian serviceman digs a trench at a checkpoint facing Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's small frontier detachments would have difficulty stopping an all-out Russian attack, but would more likely be by-passed and isolated, on the "Crimean model" of
Conflict & Justice
If it comes to war with Russia, does Ukraine stand a chance?
Sports
Snowshoeing and snow snaking are favorites at the Arctic Winter Games
Despite the cartoons that her dad draws to illustrate his work — in this case, the theory of cosmic strings — Alina Simone still can't figure it out.
Environment
Even when your dad’s a physicist, it’s hard to wrap your head around the Big Bang discovery
Despite the cartoons that her dad draws to illustrate his work — in this case, the theory of cosmic strings — Alina Simone still can't figure it out.
Environment
Even when your dad’s a physicist, it’s hard to wrap your head around the Big Bang discovery
DeAndre Rice (Number 5, with extended arms) scored 47 points in a recent game. He's helped his team, Al Ittihad Tripoli, with the championship this year.
Sports
It’s no March Madness, but former American basketball players are making it big — in Libya
DeAndre Rice (Number 5, with extended arms) scored 47 points in a recent game. He's helped his team, Al Ittihad Tripoli, with the championship this year.
Sports
It’s no March Madness, but former American basketball players are making it big — in Libya
Malaysia
Arts, Culture & Media
Malaysia’s missing plane has put the country’s government in an awkward spotlight
Speech writer Arthur Vlaminck (Raphaël Personnaz) tries to high-five French Foreign Minister Alexandre Taillard de Worms (Thierry Lhermitte) in Bertrand Tavernier’s new film, THE FRENCH MINISTER, a comedy based on the graphic novel "Weapons of Mass Diplom
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s how the life of a French official became the satirical film, ‘The French Minister’
Speech writer Arthur Vlaminck (Raphaël Personnaz) tries to high-five French Foreign Minister Alexandre Taillard de Worms (Thierry Lhermitte) in Bertrand Tavernier’s new film, THE FRENCH MINISTER, a comedy based on the graphic novel "Weapons of Mass Diplom
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s how the life of a French official became the satirical film, ‘The French Minister’