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Potter-mania casts a spell on Japan
July 23: Harry Potter fans in Japan waited in line for hours to buy the just-released japanese translation of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. MSNBC.com's Keva Andersen reports.

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  The world’s most famous Buddhist monk
As China prepares to host this summer’s Olympic Games, the thorny issue of the future of Tibet and its spiritual leader are back in the headlines. NBC’s Ned Colt reports.

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The human toll
Msnbc.com's Dara Brown looks at the aftermath of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Produced by Kevin Flynn and John Asterita.

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Famine in North Korea
  Korea conflict in pictures
A click-through history of the peninsula’s liberation, partition and militarization
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Modern China in pictures
A click-through history from the last emperor to the present day.

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