Myanmar’s Young Expats Consider Returning Home

As the world watches Myanmar’s fitful reforms, some of the country’s citizens living abroad are weighing a return home. Reporter Bruce Wallace talks with two Myanmar graduate students in New York City about their plans.

Cosplayers Geek Out for Japanese Anime in the United States

Boston is hosting one of the largest anime conventions in the country this weekend. Anchor Marco Werman meets author Ian Condry to talk about his new book, “The Soul of Anime” and get a guided tour of the Anime Boston convention.

Ecuador’s Satellite Involved in Space Fender Bender

We’re looking for the name of satellite from Ecuador. Their satellite — their only satellite — has been involved in what Russian officials say may have been a collision with a piece of orbiting space junk from their space activities. Here’s one more hint: The satellite is named after a constellation in the northern night sky.

Everyone Dreams of Being an Engineer in India

The field of engineering is so popular in India that it’s harder to get into a top engineering school there than to get into Harvard. For many people, engineering and medicine are the only acceptable fields. And that has some worried that India faces a shortage of other professionals.

Colombia’s Bomba Estéreo Perform Acoustic Version of Sintiendo

Members of the Colombian band Bomba Estéreo performed an acoustic version of a track off their latest album, Elegancia Tropical.

President Obama Defends ‘Just War’ Using Drones

President Barack Obama has defended the use of drones as a “just war” of self-defense against deadly militants, and a campaign that had made America safer.

Coffee Leaf Rust Plant Disease Threatens Central American Crops

A plant fungus called coffee leaf rust is ruining some coffee crops across Central America. In the 19th century, the fungus devastated coffee plantations across Sri Lanka and transformed the island’s agriculture.

Race, Identity, and Good Hair: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Her New Novel, ‘Americanah’

Bestselling Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks with Anchor Marco Werman about race, identity, and hair. These are all themes from her new novel, ‘Americanah.’

New Americans On What Citizenship Means to Them

A US Senate committee approved a large immigration bill on Tuesday. It’ll hit the Senate floor soon and then the House of Representatives. If it passes, the bill will offer 11 million immigrants living in the US illegally a path to citizenship.

School Year Blog: Real Men Get Circumcised, Then Wear Hilarious Hats

Given and Sive, seniors at COSAT, show off their new man hats. (Photo: Anders Kelto)

Many cultures have ceremonies that mark the transition from boyhood to manhood. But not all include sleep deprivation, circumcision, and a golf hat.

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Car Bombing in Turkish Border Town Adds to Growing Tensions Between Syrian Refugees and Local Turks

Reyhanli car bomb (Photo: Bradley Secker)

Last week when I arrived in Reyhanli, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, I was met with an air of anxiety, anger and an unsettling chaotic calm. An hour earlier, two car bombs had exploded, resulting in the death of 51 people.

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Attacks in Niger Underline a Spread of Islamist Extremist Groups in West Africa

Veteran Jihadist Militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar speaking at an unknown location (Photo: Reuters/ Sahara Media video)

Islamist militants set off two suicide bombings in Niger Thursday. About 20 people were killed in addition to the bombers. And Friday, French special forces helped Niger’s military secure the military base, where they shot dead two militants who were still hiding in a dormitory.

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British Fighter Jets Scrambled to Intercept Passenger Plane

Police officers leave a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft on the tarmac at Stansted Airport. (Photo: REUTERS/ Paul Hackett)

British fighter jets scrambled to intercept a passenger plane after reports of an incident on a flight from Pakistan. The plane was diverted and two passengers were arrested. But British police say the incident is not being treated as terrorism. Britain is on full alert two days after the brutal killing of a soldier on the streets of London, by men shouting Islamist slogans. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Angus Crawford at the airport where the plane landed.

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Obama’s Pledge to ‘Scale Back’ Drone Attacks Not Enough for Pakistanis

RQ-4A Global Hawk. (Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Air Force)

Pakistanis have long complained about the US drone program that targets people in the country’s tribal area. And they’ve demanded that the US stop their activities. For them, the president’s pledge to “scale back” those strikes isn’t enough. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Fahad Desmukh in Pakistan.

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Shift In Drone Policy Resonates in Yemen

An activist's banner depicts civilians killed in drone attacks at a protest outside the US embassy in Sanaa. (Photo: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

A White House shift on drone policy might make a big difference for a nation like Yemen. Analyst Gregory Johnsen says he’s encouraged that a more selective use of drones will protect civilians in places like Yemen, while aiding US intelligence gathering efforts.

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Former London Mayor Condemns Attack on Soldier

A female soldier stands outside the Royal Military Barracks, near the scene where a British soldier was killed in Woolwich southeast London (Photo: REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)

British Prime Minister David Cameron says the brutal murder Wednesday of a British soldier in London will not divide his nation, or cause people to live in fear.

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London Attack: Is it Terrorism?

A police officer carries flowers near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich in southeast London. The soldier was hacked to death on Wednesday by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack. (Photo: Luke MacGregor/REUTERS)

The suspects involved in the gruesome killing of a British soldier on a London street were reportedly known to British security services. And as bystanders started using their cell phones to videotape one of the suspects, they told bystanders they hacked the soldier to death in the name of Islam. But does what they did constitute an act of terrorism?

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