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A milk chiller run on manure. A sun-powered pond aerator. These are some of the creative ideas that could change the game for the world's poorest farmers.

Author Aja Raden says jewelry is the perfect lens through which to view human history. In Stoned, she tells the story of the glass beads used to purchase Manhattan and the rise of the wristwatch.

Highlights from the 53rd National Book Awards: novelist Philip Roth wins a lifetime achievement award and historian Robert Caro is honored for Master of the Senate, latest in a biographical series on Lyndon Johnson. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

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Venezuela's opposition won a landslide victory in Dec. 6 legislative elections, raising new hopes for the release of dozens of political prisoners — including opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

News of Thursday's bomb attacks in London meet with condemnation in Kabul. A moderate former Taliban official says he watched the TV coverage with anger -- like many in his area, he has relatives in London. But he also believes that the attacks will strengthen terrorist organizations, providing it's another reminder to their grassroots supporters that al Qaeda is capable of mounting sophisticated attacks on Western powers.

Three unmarked Boeing 747 passenger jets have been sitting at the international airport in Kuala Lumpur for more than a year.

The magazine said it picked Merkel for her "steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply." Merkel is the first individual woman to receive the honor in 29 years.

Legendary rock music producer Phil Spector was found guilty Monday of second-degree murder. Spector was on trial in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson — a woman he picked-up at a Los Angeles nightclub. He could be sentenced to spend at least 18 years in prison.

In just about every region, the United States ranks high — with one exception.