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P-R's Wade Goodwyn reports on today's memorial services.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports on the move to give asylum to female refugees who fear that they will be subject to sexual violence or female circumcision if they are forced to return home. The US has adopted guidelines allowing such asylums, but critics say they are not rigorously enforced.

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Liane Hansen speaks with members of the vocal trio Kavkasia cahv-KAH-zee-ah), who perform for us in NPR's Studio 4A. The American group ings songs from the Caucasus (CAW-kuh-sus) Mountains in the Republic of Georgia n the former Soviet Union. Their new cd is titled "Songs of the Caucasus" Well-Tempered World WTP 5178).

NPR's Joe Palca reports on scientists researching the brain's cerebellum for possible new uses.

N-P-R'S Julie Burstein visits the Just Born candy factory in ethlehem, Pennsylvania where traditional marshmallow birds and bunnies have een made for more than 40 years.

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with some thoughts about songs worth knowing.

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER REPORTS ON THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WORLD AFFAIRS AT COLORADO UNIVERSITY, A VENERABLE BUT QUIRKY GATHERING OF ARTISTS, POLICY WONKS, SCIENTISTS AND WRITERS WHO HAVE BEEN GATHERING IN BOULDER SINCE 1948 TO DISCUSS SEX, ROCK AND ROLL AND THE STATE OF THE PLANET.

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