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The Library of Congress tapped Gene Luen Yang to be the the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Yang is the very first graphic novelist to be named to the post. Here are five of his favorite books.

North Korea claims to have tested a hydrogen bomb. There was definitely an atomic test. But there are serious doubts as to whether it was an H-Bomb. Nevertheless, the world is condemning the test as a deliberate provocation.

A sociologist, a public health director and a Hollywood actress are all asking the same question but finding their own way to define their immigrant identity.

French conductor Pierre Boulez was known for being an avant-garde composer, while Frank Zappa was firmly ensconced in the avant-garde world of rock. Together they recorded an album, "Boulez conducts Zappa." We'll hear how their collaboration maybe wasn't so unlikely.

Journalists love to ask why, and authoritarian governments don't much like to be questioned. So how to teach China's future journalists to do good work despite the censors and other pressures? Former CBS veteran Peter Herford talks about his decade teaching his craft to China's next generation of journalists. A Whose Century Is It bonus episode, to accompany Episode 9: And That's the Way it Was, about the past and future of journalism from a guy who's spent the better part of a century in it.

Gisela Mota was murdered only hours after she was sworn into office as the new mayor of Temixco city in southern Mexico. She's one of about 70 mayors who have been killed in the past decade in Mexico.

Dual citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Sudan are hit by the new US program that restricts their travel. But Pakistanis say they're victims of a visa clampdown as well.

Artist Ellie Harrison recently received $22,000 to live in the Scottish city of Glasgow for a year, and local Glaswegians have a few issues with that.

The self-appointed militiamen who’ve taken over buildings at a federal wildlife sanctuary in Oregon say they’re not backing down. Israel is also dealing with an armed movement of zealots challenging their government’s authority.

Middle East peace. It used to be the golden chalice of deals. If an agreement could be struck between Israel and the Palestinians, then, hey, anything is possible. But Mideast peace now seems more distant than ever. And Tuesday's episode of Frontline helps to explain why. It's titled "Netanyahu At War." The doc is as much about Netanyahu as it is about Barack Obama's legacy on Middle East peace.

Some farmers are getting out of the marijuana business. Have free-market economics done what decades of a war on drugs could not?

Latinos are the least likely ethnic group to go to the polls. If they voted more, Latinos could be a force in coming years — roughly every 30 seconds, a Latino in the US turns 18.

More than 90 percent of Ghanains shop at the West African nation's many open-air women. And that means, in most cases, buying from women, who dominate the trading business. But that power came at a price a generation ago, when the market women were blamed for an economic crisis and their livelihoods destoyed.

"It's time for you to leave our community, go home to your families," Sheriff David Ward said. "You said you were here to help the citizens of Harney County. That help ended when that protest became an armed occupation."

Tensions in the Persian Gulf are high after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric. Iran sees itself as the champion of Shiite Islam and is furious with the Saudi action. Saudi Arabia has retaliated by cutting off relations.

Hossein Derakhshan didn't expect to find himself in an Iranian prison, but that's where he spent from late 2008 to November 2014. He was sentenced to 20 years for political writing, as well as traveling to Israel, a 'hostile state' under Iranian law. Six years later, he's reemerged into a very different world.

A 21-year-old man and an unnamed Israeli minor are both facing charges in connection with an arson attack last summer in the West Bank that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents. Far-right Israeli activists say the suspects were tortured under interrogation.

There are four new elements to the periodic table. It's a big deal for scientists. And and even bigger deal to provide the elements a name.

For the first time since the 1950s, Sweden has reintroduced passport controls at its border with Denmark.

Here's the story of the Soviet Union's pioneering female cosmonauts program and Russia's efforts of late to revive it.

Nadera Aboud is a refugee in Europe. But this isn't the first time she's had to flee her home. The first time was almost 70 years ago.

Researchers are working on an implant of designer cells to fight psoriasis breakouts and inflammation before it starts.

The usajobs.gov website is currently accepting applications for would-be US astronauts. As the listing says, “frequent travel may be required.”

Iraq is celebrating the re-capture of Ramadi from ISIS. The Iraqi army hoisted their country's flag over the city — the capital of Anbar province — earlier this week. But the victory may owe more to a switch in allegiances from the city's Sunni population.

Gerhard Weinberg became a historian of World War II — the same war that displaced his family.

The solar industry got a big holiday gift at the end of last year — Congress extended a tax credit to build new solar panels. You and I can get the same deal for slapping panels on our roofs. Or if we don’t have a roof that works, for helping finance a few panels in a nearby field.

Garth Risk Hallberg says the inspiration for his thousand-page bestseller came from the “crappiness and beauty” of New York City.

The UN-REDD program aims to restore tropical forests to offset carbon emissions and buy time for humanity to move to green energy economies. REDD has seen some limited small-scale implementation, but, even after the recent agreement at COP21, it’s still unclear whether REDD will deliver on its promise.

In 1815, a ship docked at a port in England carrying an unusual cargo: A group of frightened Iranian students. They were sent there by the Shah of Iran to study the "new sciences." One of the students kept a diary about his trip to this foreign land. And the diary is the basis of a new book.

The Bavarian town of Abensburg has welcomed many of the refugees who fled Syria for new lives in Germany. But the town is still adapting to all the new arrivals.

A Turkish journalist pens a letter to anyone thinking about joining ISIS. He says it's a pursuit for the self instead something holy.

The refugee crisis in Europe dominated the world's headlines for much of 2015. But it’s a challenge that’s likely to define 2016 as well.

It's been almost two years since Islamist extremist group Boko Haram raided a school in Nigeria and kidnapped nearly 300 girls. The cry taken up round the world was "Bring back our Girls." Nigeria's president said today he's ready to negotiate with Boko Haram for the girls' release, with no pre-conditions.

Their work sheds light on what's important. "If people weren't really sad when you left," says one, "it seemed like you've missed an opportunity ... I think about that a lot in how I live. I think, 'Am I generous, Am I kind? Am I grateful?'"

An app from Facebook offers developing countries free but limited Internet. But many activists say they don't want it.

How a quirk in US law led to thousands of international adoptees becoming stateless.

The early history of Ireland has long been shrouded in mystery. But a new study of the DNA of the ancient Irish has cast some light into the darkness. The first headline is that Ireland's first farmers originated in the Middle East. The second headline is that all those stone rings and tombs that we associate with Ireland appear to have nothing to do with the Celts.

Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.

After two years of grappling with a deadly disease, Guineans are celebrating. The World Health Organization has announced that the country is free of Ebola virus transmission.

Ivan Watson grew up in a Jamaica, where you always greet everyone who passes by. So he does that to the thousands of people who stream by every day at Toronto's Pearson airport.

Will Smith struggled with a Nigerian accent in his new film "Concussion" — but he's not the only actor who has found it challenging to master an accent.

What were you grateful for in 2015?

The new prosecutor for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, vowed in his effort to seek election to pursue charges against Bill Cosby if he were elected. On Wednesday, he made good on that promise.

Few knew at the time, but Jan. 1, 1996 marked the start of something that has endured — the weekday global affairs radio show The World.

He's put spyware on your phone? She's taken your bank card from you? In Britain, this kind of controlling or coercive behavior could lead to a prison sentence.

During the era of slavery, more Africans were landed in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil than throughout all of North America. The wharf where the slaves landed in Rio was recently unearthed and a young American has designed a memorial to the neighborhood’s tragic past.

Rock-n-roll legend, Lemmy Kilmister has died at 70 from cancer. But the frontman for the English metal band Motörhead will be remembered by rock fans as one of the greats.

Argentina's new president want to open his country to the world. Argentines have been there before. It didn't end well.

Prisoners cleared for release languish at Gitmo, and the Pentagon may be to blame.