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It's a vital step to ending a nearly four-month long political crisis in Germany after last September's elections failed to give any party a majority.

The change comes after years of strife — and a weekend of celebration in Myanmar. But by law, Suu Kyi is barred from assuming the presidency.

After decades of success, director Martin Scorsese has his first Oscar. His film The Departed also won Best Picture. Among actors, Forest Whitaker was honored for playing Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, Helen Mirren for The Queen.

The president has nominated his chief of staff. Jack Lew is also a former budget director in both the Clinton and Obama administrations. He would replace Timothy Geithner, who plans to step down soon.

The changing climate is especially brutal in India. Temperatures are soaring. Asphalt roads are melting. People are dying.

Judges in the Constitutional Court said the Thai Raksa Chart political party violated national law by bringing a royal into politics. Critics question the legitimacy of Thailand's impending elections.

On Tuesday, the El Paso, Texas airport briefly shut down.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to reporters Tamara Keith and Ailsa Chang about NPR's "She Votes" series, and the critical role women could play in the 2014 midterm elections.

By Laurel Moraleshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/knau/local-knau-880943.mp3Flagstaff, AZ – National Weather Service officials predict…

China's ruling Communist Party has released what it calls a resolution on history — a banal sounding document that could decide China's political future.