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All Things Considered is a NPR radio newsmagazine that delivers in-depth reporting and transforms the way listeners understand current events and view the world. The program presents breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special -- sometimes quirky -- features.

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Colombia Relives Escobar's Reign Of Terror, On TV

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The TV series Pablo Escobar: Boss of Evil, starring Andres Parra as the eponymous Colombian drug lord, is revisiting a dark period in the country's history.

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Escobar, the Medellin drug cartel boss, watches a soccer game in Medellin, Colombia, in 1983. He was gunned down in 1993 after a long manhunt and more than a decade of ruling Colombia through terror.

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Juana Uribe, whose uncle was Luis Carlos Galan, a politician slain by Escobar hitmen in 1989, is one of the co-creators of the popular TV series.

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Parra says playing Escobar — who had very distinct mannerisms — was very challenging. As well, he had difficulty reconciling Escobar the caring father with the sociopathic cartel boss.

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Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 8:21 pm

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A generation ago, he terrorized Colombia with a wave of bombings and assassinations that nearly brought the state to its knees.

Now, nearly 20 years after Pablo Escobar was shot dead following a long manhunt by Colombian and American agents, the flamboyant chief of the Medellin cocaine cartel is being resurrected by Colombian television.

4:48 pm

Tue July 3, 2012

Bordellos, Bandits And One Big Mississippi Adventure

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Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 7:06 pm

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W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of Ever Is a Long Time and The House at the End of the Road. He is director of publishing at the Library of Congress.

The work of William Faulkner looms as a mountain too high to climb for many readers, with his long, complex sentences and shifting point of view. But Faulkner's famously tangled mix of literary techniques meant nothing when I was about 12 years old and picked up a copy of The Reivers.

4:26 pm

Tue July 3, 2012

Tensions Grow Between Former Allies Syria, Turkey

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From NPR News, this is ALL THING CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

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And I'm Robert Siegel. Tensions are growing along the border between Turkey and Syria. Turkish troop reinforcements and anti-aircraft gunners were dispatched to the frontier after Syria shot down a Turkish military jet over the Mediterranean on June 22nd. The circumstances of the shoot-down are still in dispute.

4:04 pm

Tue July 3, 2012

Treating HIV: From Impossible To Halfway There

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Francois St. Ker, 55, was on the brink of dying from AIDS in the spring of 2001. Today, he's a successful farmer and is in good health, thanks to treatment for his HIV.

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St. Ker says he has been faithful about taking his HIV medicine every day for the past 11 years.

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St. Ker, in 2001, with the coffin he picked out for himself and a plastic bag that contains his funeral clothes. With the help of medicine, he has fought off AIDS and sold the coffin.

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Originally published on Fri July 6, 2012 2:20 pm

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This story begins 11 years ago. It was a time when many, if not most, experts said it was unthinkable to treat people with AIDS in developing countries using the triple-drug regimens that were routinely saving the lives of patients in wealthier countries.

3:49 pm

Tue July 3, 2012

Serbia's Markovic Orkestar Breaks Boundaries With Brass

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Boban and Marko Markovic are the father and son behind Serbia's Markovic Orkestar.

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If you're planning a wedding, and looking for music that's fresh, irresistible and completely unexpected, you might want to consider The Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, a cutting-edge Gypsy brass band from southern Serbia. A new best-of compilation called Golden Horns puts the group's wild, genre-bending flair on full display.

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