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Tibet on the Pages of Comic Books

The Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan is displaying a collection of comics related to Tibet. (Photo: Bruce Wallace)

The “Hero, Villain, Yeti” exhibit at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan examines the history of comic books about Tibet.

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Saving New York’s ‘Little Syria’

(L-R) Todd Fine and Joe Svehlak look at an old map of Washington Street. (Photo: Bruce Wallace)

Bruce Wallace reports from Lower Manhattan, home to a neighborhood known as Little Syria. Arab Americans are working to preserve what’s left of this once-thriving immigrant neighborhood, and its links to the history of Arabs in New York.

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GlobalFest 2012 to Get Colombian Flavor with M.A.K.U Sound System

Members of M.A.K.U. Sound System. Left to Right: Andres Jimenez, Camilo Rodriguez, Lety ElNaagar, Liliana Conde, Felipe Quiroz, Robert Stringer, Juan Ospina. (Photo: M.A.K.U)

M.A.K.U is a young band out of the thriving Colombian music scene across New York’s East River in Queens.

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Mexican Hanukkah Menu: How To Make Potato Jalapeño Latkes

Potato Jalapeño Latkes

The World’s Alex Gallafent gets some pretty tough assignments. Like this one: trying out potato jalapeño latkes made by NYC-based Mexican chef Julian Medina.

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Covering the Occupy Wall Street Protests

NYPD at the NY Stock Exchange (BBC Video)

Marco Werman finds out how foreign correspondents based in the US have been covering the Occupy Wall Street movement for their home audiences.

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Occupy London Protesters Face Eviction As Well

Police at Occupy London (Photo: Laura Lynch)

As pressure is stepped up on Occupy Wall Street protesters in the US, Laura Lynch reports from London that protesters camped by St. Paul’s Cathedral are under threat of eviction.

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An Egyptian View of Occupy Wall Street

Protest At Tahrir Square in July (Photo: Nora Shalaby/Flickr)

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Ibrahim Abdallah, an Egyptian-born businessman who lives in New York City. Abdallah spent three days on Tahrir square in Cairo last February during the Arab Spring protests. He also visited the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. He says the movement’s lack of clear goals may be causing its demise.

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Toronto’s ‘Occupy’ Protesters Prepare for Winter

Occupy Toronto protesters are using gers or yurts donated by unions. (Photo: Josh Tapper/Toronto Star)

‘Occupy’ protesters in Toronto are getting worried about the cold. Since October, they’ve been camping out in a city park we want you to name.

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St Paul’s Cathedral Cleric Resigns Over Occupy Protests

Occupy London Protest (Photo: Laura Lynch)

Giles Fraser, the Canon Chancellor at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral has resigned over the handling of ‘Occupy London’ protests outside his church.

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Iraq Veterans Who Join Occupy Wall Street Protest

Occupy Oakland Protest (Photo: EKA Photography/Flickr)

Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Iraq veteran Joseph Carter about the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests.

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Protest Tourism at Occupy Wall Street in New York

Joe Vanpotic, a 22-year-old from New Jersey, on his 30th day sleeping at New York City’s Zuccotti Park (Photo: Monica Campbell)

Occupy Wall Street attracts more than protesters. It’s also drawing tourists from around the world.

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Rome Counts Cost of Violence After Occupy Protests

Rome protest October 15, 2011 (Photo: Remo Cassella/Flickr)

Rome is counting the cost of its worst violence in years, which erupted on a day of global protests over austerity and banking practices.

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Chile’s Student Protests

Demonstration in Santiaqo de Chile (Photo: Rafael Edwards/Flickr)

The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests may be entering their second month but student protestors in Chile are on month five and counting.

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Palestinian-Americans Consider Statehood

A Palestinian-American man in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Ali Abbas)

Palestinian-Americans are on the fence about whether a state of Palestine will ever exist.

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Palestinians Seeking Public Support for UN Membership

In Ramallah, Palestinians rally in support of President Mahmoud Abbas' bid for membership at the United Nations. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

Palestinian officials are rallying their public to back the diplomatic effort.

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