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6:53 am
Fri December 2, 2011

Russia By Rail: Setting Off From Moscow

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Sergei Tarkhov, a geology professor and Trans-Siberian veteran, stands near the zero kilometer mark at Yaroslavsky Rail Station in Moscow.
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Passengers wait on a train platform at Yaroslavsky Rail Station in Moscow.
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Passengers rush past the "0" marker signifying the start of the Trans-Siberian railroad on the loading platform at the Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in downtown Moscow. The Trans-Siberian rail line starts at this station and snakes its way across Russia through the country's major cities, ending at the Pacific Ocean.
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Tamara Ostrovskaya (left) and her sister-in-law, Albina Ostrovskaya (right), stand on the train platform at Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow.
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The route of the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Moscow to Vladivostock.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:13 am

Seven time zones, nearly 6,000 miles, and a lot of tea and borscht. That only begins to describe the long journey by David Greene, NPR's Moscow correspondent. He's been in Russia for just over two years and for his last reporting trip, he's riding the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Moscow to Vladivostok.

While crossing the world's largest country and bridging two continents, he'll make stops to capture the mood and the culture of Russia at an important milestone, two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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The Two-Way
6:34 am
Fri December 2, 2011

Unemployment Drops To 8.6 Percent; 120,000 Jobs Added

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A job fair in San Francisco last month.
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The nation's unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent in November from 9 percent in October as payrolls went up by 120,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.

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The Two-Way
6:00 am
Fri December 2, 2011

'Freakishly Powerful Winds' To Ease In Southern California, Utah

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The worst is over in Utah, where winds that topped 100 mph Thursday toppled trucks trees and power lines.

And things should be calmer in Southern California too, where "freakishly powerful winds" on Thursday stunned people and left behind shredded rooftops and "yards littered with downed trees," as the Los Angeles Times says.

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The Two-Way
5:30 am
Fri December 2, 2011

U.S. Officials Say Pakistan Gave Go-Ahead For Airstrikes

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The airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers have sparked protests. In Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday students shouted anti-U.S. slogans.
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"Pakistani officials at a border coordination center gave the go-ahead to American airstrikes that inadvertently killed 24 Pakistan troops, unaware that their own forces were in the area, according to U.S. officials briefed on the preliminary investigation," The Wall Street Journal reports this morning.

A Pakistani official quoted by Reuters says that's not true.

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Around the Nation
5:12 am
Fri December 2, 2011

Bin Laden Capture Celebrated With Expensive Wine

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Some time ago, a restaurateur made a bet with Leon Panetta, then head of the CIA, that if the U.S. found Osama bin Laden, he would open a bottle of wine from 1870. Panetta said this week that he has collected on the bet. After the raid, Panetta sent word to Ted Balestreri to watch TV and prepare to deliver the $10,000 bottle of wine.

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