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What the Fall of the Berlin Wall Meant to Africa

ABC's Dana Hughes reports from Nairobi: Post-colonialism, Africa was split into Cold War camps with both the West and the Soviet Union propping up some very dubious regimes in the name of the Cold War. Apartheid existed in South Africa...

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Stress Test Fallout: Every Bank But One Has Met Capital Requirements

ABC's Matt Jaffe reports from Washington: Nine of the country’s 10 biggest banks have succeeded in raising the additional capital that was required as a result of last spring’s stress tests, the Federal Reserve announced today. The one exception –...

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The New Saddam Hussein Biography

ABC's Jan Simmonds reports from New York: The New York Times’ “At War” blog has a write-up today about a new Saddam Hussein biography (part one of a trilogy) published in Sudan last month and there are rumors surrounding it...

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Update: Pediatric Tamiflu Story

An update to a story that aired on the broadcast Thursday, November 4. Our report on shortages of the pediatric liquid form of Tamiflu said: “An Indian company, Cipla says it could deliver a million doses of generic children's Tamiflu...

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Iraq and Afghanistan: One Reporter's Story of Two Very Different Wars

ABC's Miguel Marquez reports from Afghanistan: Afghanistan is no Iraq. It’s my first time to Afghanistan and already the inverse puzzle of this place compared to Iraq is clear. Kabul feels friendlier and more open than Baghdad ever did but...

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Quotes of the Day: 'The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate'

“Take up the baton and bring this effort to the finish line.” -- President Barack Obama, encouraging the Senate to pass health care reform “The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate.” -- Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina,...

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North vs. South: Can Two Koreas Reunite?

ABC's Joohee Cho reports from South Korea: When the Berlin Wall fell, South Koreans were high in hopes that the wall dividing North and South Korea might also come down ‘in the near future’. Since then 20 years have gone...

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One Million Maclaren Strollers Recalled -- What’s up?

We’ve just learned that one million Maclaren baby strollers are being recalled. The hinges are proving dangerous to little fingers. There have been – what seems to be – a run of baby products recalled lately including cribs, jog strollers,...

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Fragments Of Freedom -- The Wall Came Tumbling Down

ABC's Stu Schutzman reports from New York: The great philosophical divide of the 20th century was crumbling before our eyes. Hammers, chisels, even nail files whacked away at the Berlin Wall that day 20 years ago, reducing parts of it...

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The Vicious Soccer Player Who’s Rough Play Has Gone Viral -- Feel Sorry (at all) For Her?

It’s the takedown seen round the world. Take a look. A University of New Mexico soccer player named Elizabeth Lambert is caught on tape engaging in some completely over the top, ejection-worthy sort of play. Now the video of her...

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