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Guerilla Cartographers Put Global Food Stats On The Map

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A detail of a map from Food: An Atlas that shows sources of food found at farmer's markets in Berkeley, California.

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A page from "Food: An Atlas" showing the geography of a single Spanish dish.

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Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 9:51 am

For the past five months, University of California, Berkeley cartography professor Darin Jensen has been collecting maps about food. They fill the walls of his office, each one telling a different story — about meat production in Maryland, about the international almond trade, about taco trucks in Oakland. Some are local, some are regional, some are global, but in a few days they'll all be bound together between the covers of Food: An Atlas.

8:21 am

Wed November 28, 2012

OK, North Korea's Leader Isn't 'Sexiest Man Alive,' Chinese Media Concede

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Before it disappeared from the Web: Here's how People's Daily Online packaged its coverage of the "news" that Kim Jong Un is 2012's sexiest man.

By Frank Langfitt

Originally published on Wed November 28, 2012 10:56 am

NPR Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt sends in an update on one of this week's more amusing stories:

7:40 am

Wed November 28, 2012

In Cairo, Tensions Still High As 'Die-Hards' Continue To Protest

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This protester in Cairo's Tahrir Square last night had a message for Egypt's president.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed November 28, 2012 7:59 am

Police have fired tear gas again in Cairo's Tahrir Square as authorities try to disperse several hundred protesters who are angry over President Mohammed Morsi's controversial grab for more power.

The crowd is much smaller than Tuesday's, according to NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, as well as correspondents from other news outlets.

7:33 am

Wed November 28, 2012

Syrians Turn To Aleppo TV For Survival

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Aleppo Today broadcasts are simple but relay crucial information — from tank movements to Internet connectivity — to the people who remain in the embattled northern Syrian town. It relies on a network of 70 correspondents to provide a 24-hour news stream.

By Deborah Amos

Originally published on Wed November 28, 2012 12:42 pm

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7:33 am

Wed November 28, 2012

Incoming GOP Rep. Yoho Rejects Norquist Pledge

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Originally published on Wed November 28, 2012 7:48 am

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