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that keeps Nigeria from achieving economic success. Despite rich natural resources, and a highly educated population, Nigeria seems unable to break out of the economic stagnation which is widely attributed to corrupt business practices.

that tens of thousands of Cubans have applied to leave the country in the latest U.S. visa lottery, including many well-known dissidents -- something that has alarmed the opposition community who fear there will be no one left to speak out against Castro...

By Brenna Angel/Gary PittsFrankfort, KY – A new report on the condition of roughly a third of public school buildings in Kentucky estimates that repair…

Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report talks about his book I Am America (And So Can You!). Colbert targets race, religion, sports and the American family as well as more mundane topics like breakfast cereal and the Hollywood blacklist.

Reports say a relative of a tribal chief has been arrested in connection with last week's shootings on the Red Lake Indian reservation in Minnesota. The relative is suspected of helping to plan the attack; he also reportedly expected to take part in the killings. Prior to the arrest, authorities believed 16-year-old gunman Jeff Weise acted alone when he shot nine people before killing himself.

A new report by the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies says the federal government should stop sending mixed messages about seafood, boost testing for contaminants and make it easier for consumers to find up-to-date information.

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter JEFFREY FLEISHMAN. He recently traveled across the Himalayan Mountains with a group of Buddhist monks and nuns, who were fleeing from persecution by the Communist Chinese government in Tibet. Some of them had been imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese. If caught, they would be sent back to prison and tortured. During their 14-day trek they experienced frost-bite, snow blindness, oxygen-then air, pain, and hunger. FLEISHMAN's story appeared in the Inquirer Magazine section, December 15, 1996.

London police take five suspects in the July 21 transit bombings into custody at locations across the city. And Italian police arrest another man in Rome. British media report that police have now arrested all four suspects in last week's failed attacks.

The U.S. Justice Department has subpoenaed two reporters to find out how they got grand jury testimony surrounding the BALCO laboratories performance enhancing drug investigation. Michele Norris talks with NPR's David Folkenflik.

The Delaware Democrat speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference.