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<p>Thousands of anti-government protesters in Yemen demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh last month. Saudi Arabia wants Saleh to step down, but also worries that his departure could lead to chaos.</p>

Saudi Arabia's Delicate Dance On The Fate Of Yemen

The Saudis are demanding that Yemen's president step aside after months of protest against his rule. Yet last month, the Saudis didn't stop Ali Abduallah Saleh from leaving Saudi Arabia, where he received extensive medical treatment, and returning to Yemen.

Inskeep Explores Growing Pains Of An 'Instant City'

Pakistan's port city of Karachi is 30 times larger now than it was at the end of World War II. In his first book, Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep explores the violence and vitality of a city experiencing explosive population growth.

'Lost Memory Of Skin' Goes Where Most Fiction Won't

Russell Banks' latest is an uneven effort to excavate and redeem the dregs of modern society. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the novel — about porn addiction and sexual predators — is compelling in a low-grade, nightmarish sort of way.

<p> 1st Lt. Josh Seefried is the author and editor of a new anthology, <em>Our Time: Breaking The Silence of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,"</em> a collection of stories from other gay military members. </p>

Out And Proud After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal

Long before the policy barring gays from serving openly in the military ended, Air Force 1st Lt. Josh Seefried started OutServe, a network of gay troops on Facebook. Seefried and his partner talk about what it's like being a gay couple in the military — and about new challenges facing gay troops.

Malta Passes Measure To Expand Bailout Fund

The parliament in Malta passed a controversial measure to expand Europe's bailout fund late on Monday. But to many young people in the tiny Mediterranean island nation, the question was never really in doubt. Despite all its economic problems, they see their future in the eurozone.

<p>Anita Hill was 35 years old when she testified that Clarence Thomas had pressured her to go out with him and subjected her to sexually explicit conversations.</p>

20 Years Later, Anita Hill Is 'Reimagining Equality'

On Oct. 11, 1991, Anita Hill testified during confirmation hearings that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her. Inspired by the letters she has received in the 20 years since then, the law professor has written a new book, Reimagining Equality.

<p>Jeffrey Eugenides' 1993 novel, <em>The Virgin Suicides,</em> was adapted for film by director Sofia Coppola, and his 2002 novel, <em>Middlesex,</em> won a Pulitzer Prize. Eugenides graduated from Brown University in 1983. He teaches at Princeton University. </p>

A 'Marriage Plot' Full Of Intellectual Angst

Jeffrey Eugenides' third novel, The Marriage Plot, charts the lives of three young adults as they finish college, fall in love and navigate the real world after graduating from Brown University in 1982. Eugenides, also a Brown alum, based some of the novel on his own experiences directly after college.

<p>Paula Deen is the host of the Food Network's <em>Paula's Home Cooking</em> and <em>Paula's Best Dishes</em>. She tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that while her recipes are known for their bacon and butter, she and her family don't indulge in them every day.</p>

Deen Does 'Southern' Fare ... With A Stick Of Butter

Food Network star Paula Deen loves bacon, butter and, of course, Southern cooking. In her new cookbook, Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible, Deen explores the regional variations of Southern food.

<p>An Indian girl with her face painted begs on the outskirts of New Delhi. Despite India's rapid economic growth, poverty and begging are still common.</p>

'The Beautiful And The Damned' Of Globalized India

Years after leaving his home in northern India, journalist Siddhartha Deb returned to explore the true impact of globalization on his homeland. In The Beautiful and the Damned, Deb exposes the darker side of Indian prosperity.

To Save Wildlife, Namibia's Farmers Take Control

Imagine the U.S. government saying to the people living around Yellowstone, "You know what? All those wild animals in the park — the grizzlies, the bison, the wolves — they belong to you." This is exactly what the government of Namibia has done in a radical experiment to save wildlife — and the people who share their land.

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