Dec 1st, 2008 · India's fragile relationship with Pakistan has been badly damaged by the attacks on Mumbai. Indian officials say the gunmen who invaded that city, killing nearly 200 people, arrived by boat from Pakistan, and that the only surviving gunman is a Pakistani. Indian politicians are demanding that Pakistan's government act decisively to get rid of the violent Islamist extremists operating on Pakistani soil.
Nov 3rd, 2008 · Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced by fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. U.N. peacekeepers are protecting an aid convoy that's heading to a town in the rebel-held zone of east Congo. The town was captured last week by rebels loyal to renegade Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda, who is participating in the fragile cease-fire.
May 22nd, 2008 · Found only in China, the giant panda is threatened by extinction, and researchers in southwestern China have devoted themselves to saving the species. The May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province has exacerbated the challenges facing the already fragile population.
May 15th, 2008 · A tiny silver-haired bat was found in the crevice of a wall near NPR's Washington, D.C. headquarters. Days later, Bat Mitzvah disappeared. Now, after months of eating meal worms and making practice flights, the bat has been set free again.
May 12th, 2008 · The fragile cease-fire in Sadr City, the large Shiite section of Baghdad, appears to be holding. But people there are cautious because the matter at the root of the violence hasn't been resolved.
May 11th, 2008 · A tenuous ceasefire is in place in Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday. The Iraqi government and militia members loyal to the anti-American cleric Muqtadah Al-Sadr temporarily agreed to lay down arms. Fighting has been raging in the Shiite slum for the last six weeks, and more than 1,000 people have been killed.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · When Brooklyn, NY singer-songwriter Amelia Marzec set out to write and record an entire album in February, she decided to keep the songs short, simple and sweet. Gesture Sketch is a collection of ten, very spare, lo-fi songs Marzec says she recorded "secretly in (her) bedroom." It features the fragile, moody track "Some Girl, Some Bar, Some Other Time."
Apr 11th, 2008 · For Tibetans, a fragile independence was lost to China more than five decades ago. Robert Barnett explains why the communist republic has staked what it maintains is a "sacred" claim to the tiny mountain province.