NPR 2009-03-27

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CNN 2010-11-04

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: There's an old saying: It's not what you know, it's who you know. It might also be how you act. We're gonna make sense of that in just a bit. I'm Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News! First Up: Midterm Elections

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NPR 2009-08-02

Iran's state-run television station says three American tourists have been arrested after entering the country from northern Iraq without permission. The State Department is looking into the reports, as NPR's Allison Keyes reports. The three were re

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