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Monkey See
4:03 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

Culture Yourself: October 17, 2012

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Each afternoon, we encourage you to put your feet up, relax, and check out some of the cultural coverage that might have slipped by during the day.

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The Two-Way
3:36 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

Guilty Plea In Plot To Murder Saudi Ambassador

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Manssor Arbabsiar (front, right) in court last October.
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Manssor Arbabsiar, an Iranian-born naturalized American citizen, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with Iranian military officials in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States, the Justice Department says.

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Books
3:29 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

Thousands Line Up For Rare Rowling Appearance

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J.K. Rowling promotes her new novel, The Casual Vacancy, at Lincoln Center in New York. It was her only U.S. appearance.
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Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 6:09 pm

While much of America was watching the second presidential debate, about 2,000 people — many of them between the ages of 20 and 40 — were doing something very different. They had gotten a rare and prized ticket to the only U.S. appearance by J.K Rowling, as she promotes her new book for adults, The Casual Vacancy.

The crowd was huge but happy — double the number originally planned, forcing the organizers to change venues. Attendees got a ticket to the Lincoln Center event and a copy of the book, which Rowling would later sign.

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Monkey See
3:13 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

Sometimes A Friend Is Just A Cigar: Why Not Everybody Needs To Kiss At The End

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David Duchovny, left, and Gillian Anderson in the film The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
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Originally published on Fri October 19, 2012 3:51 pm

This week at Monkey See, we're looking at friendship in pop culture.

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Middle East
3:12 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

In A Ravaged Syrian Village, Planning For The Future

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Rebels of the Free Syrian Army sit on top of a military truck captured from the Syrian army in the village of Khirbet al-Joz along the Turkish border in northern Syria on Oct. 7, in this photo provided by the Edlib News Network, ENN. The rebels hope to put a civilian council in charge and believe such moves could help pave the way for a secular, democratic Syria.
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Here are some of the nearly 300 Syrian soldiers being held as prisoners in Khirbet al-Joz. Activists say they saw no sign of torture or abuse directed against the captives, who include Alawites, Christians and Shiite Muslims, all minority communities in Syria.
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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 7:00 pm

The rebels of the Free Syrian Army recently retook the small farming village of Khirbet al-Joz, just across the border from Turkey. Soon after, Syrian men who had been in Turkish refugee camps returned to the village to see what had happened to their homes.

Activists from a group called the Syrian Emergency Task Force also visited Khirbet al-Joz and filmed video of villagers as they toured the charred ruins.

One man points to a hole in the wall: "Look, this is where the rocket entered. These are Bashar's reforms," he says, referring to Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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