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People on the Mexican side of the border reach through fence in Nogales, Arizona, to receive Holy Communion from the Bishop of Tucson, Gerald Kicanas.
Conflict & Justice
Politics meets religion at a Catholic mass along the US-Mexico border
Death row inmate Iwao Hakamada (L), flanked by his sister Hideko, is released from Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 27, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
The release of a Japanese man from death row exposes flaws in the system
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for April 2, 2014
Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim has agreed to investigate military facilities thought to have been the sites of torture during the country's dictatorship.
Conflict & Justice
Brazil’s generals have never permitted this before
Global Politics
Despite violence, Afghans are more determined than ever to vote in the upcoming presidential elections
Arts, Culture & Media
How the conflict in Crimea influenced the Mississippi Delta Blues
Matt Farwell
Global Politics
This is why a US veteran tries not to think about the upcoming Afghan elections
Russian skateboarders in Serov's central square. "I've got nothing against America," one of them says. "They've got some great skaters in the US."
Conflict & Justice
Putin is popular in Russia, but so is American culture
Hookah
Arts, Culture & Media
Name a largely Arab American city where hookah smoking is on the rise
Sebastian Castro teaches a workshop on how to plant marijuana from trimmings in preparation for the new rules that would allow consumers to have up to 6 plants at home if they get licensed.
Global Politics
Pot growers in Uruguay come out of the shadows
A cyclist wears a mask as he cycles near Buckingham Palace in London April 2, 2014. Britain's Meteorological Office forecast that London would be affected by smog this week, caused by powerful dust storms and strong winds in the Sahara.
Environment
London commuters deal with a new hardship — clouds of African dust
Chile earthquake
Environment
Was it luck or preparedness? What explains the low death toll in Chile’s earthquake?
Uzma Ahmed Ali stands in the courtyard of the former girls' school, which shut down several years ago. She now travels an hour to study – something few girls in her village are able to do.
Development & Education
There isn’t really any mystery to why one Pakistani village lost its girls school. It’s about money