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A rare voice speaks out from inside Tehran

A rare voice speaks out from inside Tehran

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After many days trying to connect, we reach a defiant resident of Tehran -- who says U.S. and Israeli bombs are the wrong way to topple the regime he opposes.


We also connect with a longtime rights activist in Kabul who tells us that despite a horrifying new decree, there's not much else the Taliban can take away from women in Afghanistan.


An Ontario library dealing with open drug use and near-daily overdoses tries a last-ditch effort to keep from closing its doors completely.


At a funeral in Chicago, three former presidents pay tribute to the late civil rights pioneer Jesse Jackson.


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An opera singer in Florida shifts gears when the gigs dry up...using his prodigious pipes to sell used vehicles.


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