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The Two-Way
12:29 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

Talks With Iran To Reconvene Next Month

"Iran and world powers have agreed to meet in Moscow next month for another round of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program," The Associated Press reports.

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Asia
12:20 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

Hard-Line Muslims Confront Indonesia's Christians

Originally published on Thu May 24, 2012 8:37 pm

In the city of Bekasi, Indonesia, outside Jakarta, a handful of Christians head to Sunday worship. But before they can reach their destination, they are stopped and surrounded by a large crowd of local Muslims who jeer at them and demand that they leave.

This is the Filadelfia congregation, a Lutheran group. They are ethnic Bataks from the neighboring island of Sumatra who have migrated to Bekasi, and they have been blocked from holding services on several occasions. Recently, a journalist who demonstrated in support of the congregation was beaten by an angry mob.

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The Salt
12:06 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

Estonia's Fake Chocolate: Born Of Necessity, Reborn In Nostalgia

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Some of the world's most interesting food products have been born out of the innovation that comes with deprivation. Take chicory, for example. It's a trendy New Orleans coffee blend you can buy anywhere now, but it was first used during the Civil War when those caffeinated beans were scarce.

And when chocolate became scarce in Estonia and other Baltic states during a supply crisis in the 1970s, an enterprising company stepped into the breach with a substitute chocolate bar.

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The Two-Way
11:33 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Massive Arrests Follow Student Protests Across Canada

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Montreal police and protesters face off on Wednesday during a demonstration against student tuition hikes.

Originally published on Thu May 24, 2012 12:30 pm

Protests in Montreal and Quebec resulted in the arrest of almost 700 people overnight.

The Toronto Star reports that the demonstrators protested tuition fee increases and they've been ongoing for about three months. But, yesterday, police rounded up hundreds of protesters — 518 in Montreal alone.

The Star reports:

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JazzSet
11:28 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape' On JazzSet

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Alexis Cuadrado sets surrealist Spanish poems to music in a concert at 92Y Tribeca.

Originally published on Thu February 21, 2013 2:51 pm

It began with the crisis on Wall Street in 2008. Alexis Cuadrado, from Barcelona and now Brooklyn, remembered the poetry of the surrealist Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), whom all Spanish students study in school.

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