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  • The International Court of Justice says it did not find that Bolivia's neighbor Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations with Bolivia about access to the ocean.
  • The remarks made in a radio interview by Executive Council convener Bernard Chan, who said he underestimated opposition to the bill, come as Hong Kong braces for further protests over the weekend.
  • Every year, filmmaker John Waters has hosted a huge Christmas party at his Baltimore home. NPR's Scott Simon visited Waters as he and a team of friends prepared to decorate every room of his four-story 1928 house.
  • Republicans launch a drive to register 3 million new voters, promoting the effort from the cab of a semi called Reggie the Registration Rig. Meanwhile, the Committee to Redefeat the President -- a group headed by a Democratic activist -- launches its own registration drive this week. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.
  • In Egypt, public debate has begun on changes to election law that would allow President Hosni Mubarak to face competition for the first time in 24 years. Mubarak pledged in February to change the constitution; Egypt's parliament votes on the idea in May.
  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party is a mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes. It's a movie inspired, in part, by the 1973 documentary Wattstax. The movie is a fun mix of music and Chappelle at his best.
  • The 23rd annual South by Southwest music festival gets under way in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. One of this year's most widely anticipated shows comes from a well-known band: The Decemberists. The band will perform its new album, The Hazards of Love, in its entirety.
  • NPR's Noel King talks to Belinda De Lucy of the Brexit Party and a newly elected member of the European Parliament, and to John Peet, the Brexit editor at The Economist magazine, about the election.
  • Critic John Powers reviews the Starz comedy series Party Down, which follows a group of oddball dreamsers who work for a Hollywood catering company.
  • India's opposition coalition gained ground this year following a weeks-long election. But are they ready to challenge ruling BJP's prominence?
  • While not all of Street Fighter 6's experiments succeed, they lay the foundation for the series to grow and prove it's the premier fighting game of 2023.
  • A year after a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol, teachers say they want students to grapple with the uncomfortable facts of the day.
  • Rush Limbaugh addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington and explained his call for President Obama to fail. Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, later implied that Limbaugh is the de facto leader of the GOP.
  • It's been a month since Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas. The hardest hit area was Marsh Harbour which is still struggling to come back. Most residents have fled, further slowing recovery.
  • In an all-time record, 14 of the 68 teams in the men's tournament all come from one conference — the SEC. In the women's, UCLA and South Carolina are top seeds. Games tip off this coming week.
  • The British band's goal was simple: sound like four guys playing music in a room.
  • Irving Berlin's classic musical turns 85 this year, and a group of artists are paying tribute with a brand-new video version of one of its songs, "Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?"
  • The recall involves some of the Japanese automaker's top-selling vehicles, including some model years for the RAV4 SUV, Corolla, Yaris and Matrix.
  • Senior correspondent Juan Williams continues his occasional series on the divide between voters in blue and red states. Today, he profiles Kansas' Democratic governor, Kathleen Sebelius, who must work with an overwhelmingly Republican legislature. She has used internal tensions within the state GOP to gain leverage.
  • Hungary's far-right Jobbik party is expected to win a quarter of the country's seats in upcoming EU elections. The country is also experiencing growing anti-Semitism that has Jewish leaders worried.
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