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Jon Stewart hosting "The Daily Show"

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Yeah yeah yeah. Jon Stewart, stepping down. We have a few ideas about where to get your satirical news next.

Comedian Jon Stewart addresses the crowd during the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" in Washington, October 30, 2010.

Que te vaya bien, Jon Stewart

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South Africa's Trevor Noah will be the new host of "The Daily Show," the popular Comedy Central show currently hosted by Jon Stewart.

Joyous South Africans pop champagne to celebrate Trevor Noah’s taking over for Jon Stewart

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Gael García Bernal plays Iranian reporter Maziar Bahari in "Rosewater."

The journalist profiled in Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’ finds dark humor In Iran’s prisons

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In Thailand, there’s no Jon Stewart — just ‘Shallow News in Depth’

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Impressions from the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’

Global Politics

Celeste Headlee, host of The Takeaway, blogs about her experience at Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.”

Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef Meets His Hero On The Daily Show

Global Politics

A former Cairo heart surgeon has become a sensation in Egypt for his Daily Show-like satirical internet program. Bassem Youssef credits Jon Stewart as one of his heros. Thursday night, Youssef appeared on the program.

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Egypt’s “Daily Show”

Global Politics

The Egyptian revolution has ushered in a new type of media freedom to the country. Ursula Lindsey reports on a new program in Egypt that is modeled on Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show.”

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Voices from the rally to restore sanity and/or fear

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Takeaway host Celeste Headlee and Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich talked to people at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear to find out why they came and what they hoped would be the new legislative agenda.

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Recapping political absurdity from mid-term election season

Arts, Culture & Media

From the Glenn Beck’s ‘Rally to Restore Honor’ to Jon Stewart’s upcoming ‘Rally to Restore Sanity,’ it may feel like this election season has become something of a joke. We talk with Allison Silverman, former executive producer of ‘The Colbert Report.’

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