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Former President Joe Biden attends the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center on June 18 in Chicago.
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Biden ghostwriter tapes to be released
Nina Totenberg, Grady Martin
Former President Joe Biden is declining to appeal a court ruling that allows the Justice Department to publicize recordings of conversations between him and a writer collaborating on his memoir.
A protester holds a placard after India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following nationwide protests as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's protest movement in Mumbai, India on Saturday.
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India's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?
Diaa Hadid, Omkar Khandekar
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COMIC: Temps are predicted to hit 106 in Egypt this week. How do people stay cool?
Malaka Gharib
Zubedah Hassan, 32, at home in Kibera. She works as a champion for the Stop Sex for Water program, encouraging women and girls to speak out if they face sexual violence from water vendors or are groped or peeped on in public bathrooms. "The main problem is poverty," she says. "A girl tries to save money on water by doing favors for a vendor. Another challenge is drought. You find schoolchildren waking up very early to go and look for water and being raped along the small paths they take."
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Some women who can't afford water are often pressured to provide sex for it
Raul Roman, Rafe H. Andrews, Camille Sachs
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Texas’ school finance system is controversial. This district is suing to change it.
Midland ISD officials say the state’s “Robin Hood” system gives the state too much power over local taxes.
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‘Time is passing’: Federal budget cuts have slowed efforts to find missing Vietnam-era troops
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