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The Picture Show
12:38 pm
Tue April 2, 2013

How A Female Photographer Sees Her Afghanistan

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A photograph taken from behind a burqa, Kabul, 2007.
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Two Afghan women clad in burqas whisper in a shop in Kabul, 2007. Despite advances in women's rights since the fall of the Taliban, most Afghan women, especially outside the capital, still opt for the all-enveloping cloak.
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Afghans feed pigeons at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali in northern Afghanistan, 2009.
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An unidentified Afghan prostitute fixes her headscarf to cover her face in Kabul, 2008. Afghanistan is one of the world's most conservative countries, yet its sex trade appears to be thriving.
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An Afghan policeman is seen through a hole at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, 2007.
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An Afghan girl brushes her hair in Kabul, 2007.
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Boys play on a water pipe in a cemetery in Kabul, 2007.
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An Afghan girl bathes her brother near a building where refugees live in Kabul, 2007.
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Abdul Malak, who lost his leg in a mine blast during grazing, stands on a prosthetic limb — with his daughter nearby — in a Parwan province village north of Kabul, 2008.
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Laila, 7, works on homework in her home in Kabul, 2008.
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Arazo, 19 (from right), Tabasum, 20, and Shamayal, 25, who fled from abusive family members, stand for a picture in Kabul, 2009.
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An Afghan boy selling balloons waits for customers in Kabul, 2009.
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Afghan women kiss Shiite religious flags during Ashura in Kabul, 2009.
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Ten-year-old Nahid grabs a thread while weaving carpet in her home in Kabul, 2010. Carpets, made mostly in the country's north, are one of Afghanistan's few major exports.
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A photograph taken from behind a burqa, Kabul, 2007.
Credit Farzana Wahidy / AP
An Afghan girl blows bubble gum while cooking for her family in Kabul, 2007.
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Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 5:44 pm

Born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1984, photographer Farzana Wahidy was only a teenager when the Taliban took over the country in 1996. At age 13 she was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa, she recalls, and she describes those years as a "very closed, very dark time." To carry a camera would have been unthinkable.

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Shots - Health News
11:59 am
Tue April 2, 2013

The Hidden Limitations Of Health Savings Accounts

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In order to get the tax advantages of a health savings account, the health plan it's linked to has to meet certain criteria.
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Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 12:20 pm

Health plan deductibles keep getting higher — the proportion of workers with a deductible that topped $1,000 for single coverage nearly tripled in the past five years, to 34 percent.

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Education
11:40 am
Tue April 2, 2013

For Women, No Straight Road To Success

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Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 12:57 pm

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, it is April, which means, along with April showers, National Poetry Month and we will be asking you once again to contribute if you would like by tweeting us your original poems in 140 characters or less. We are going to kick it off with our curator Holly Bass in just a minute.

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Africa
11:40 am
Tue April 2, 2013

President Koroma: Sierra Leone's Beaches Make It Place To Visit

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Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 12:57 pm

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. We know that a lot of students are still on spring break this week but what better time to take a step back and think about higher education? Today we meet the president of Simmons College, which is a college for women in the Boston area, and we'll hear about her thoughts about women leadership and education.

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The Two-Way
11:13 am
Tue April 2, 2013

New York Politicians Accused In Plot To Sell GOP Spot In NYC Mayoral Race

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New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D)
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New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, was led from his Queens home in handcuffs Tuesday morning after being arrested for allegedly trying to buy his way on to the Republican ticket in this year's New York City mayoral election.

Also arrested Tuesday: City Councilman Daniel Halloran, a Republican, and four other local politicians (also Republicans) from the New York metropolitan area, who stand accused of conspiring with Smith.

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