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The Record
6:00 am
Sat April 14, 2012

Indian Record Label Hits The Road To Save Traditional Music

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Sakar Khan with his kamancha in his home in Hamira, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. He's passed his favorite kamancha — the one he got from his father — to his son, Darra. But this one plays just fine, if he's the guy playing it.
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Originally published on Sat April 14, 2012 2:24 pm

The number of major record labels is down to three. But that's not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to promoting music that's out of the mainstream. A label called Amarrass Records, founded in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is dedicated to exposing and preserving indigenous folk music before it disappears.

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NPR Story
6:00 am
Sat April 14, 2012

Rebuilding U.S-Brazil Relations

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Originally published on Sat April 14, 2012 9:25 am

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

Now that President Obama is in Cartagena, he'll begin the conversations about trade and business opportunities in Latin America. But the Summit of the Americas is not the first meeting this week for President Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

On Monday, Rousseff visited the White House. And after this weekend's summit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will head to that Brazil's capital, Brasilia.

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NPR Story
6:00 am
Sat April 14, 2012

World Powers Meet With Iran For Nuclear Talks

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Originally published on Sun April 15, 2012 6:43 am

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6:00 am
Sat April 14, 2012

Ahead Of Summit, Obama Underscores Growing Exports

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Originally published on Sat April 14, 2012 9:25 am

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.

President Obama is in Colombia today, along with 33 leaders, gathered for the Summit of the Americas. During his visit, the president hopes to highlight growing economic ties within the region. On his way to Colombia, Mr. Obama made a swing-state pit-stop in Tampa, Florida.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

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Books
4:02 am
Sat April 14, 2012

'Prague Fatale': 'Downton Abbey With SS'

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Author Philip Kerr has written for Sunday Times, Evening Standard and the New Statesman.
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Philip Kerr is a British novelist, born a decade after the end of World War II, who has written a series of compelling thrillers about crime in wartime Nazi Germany. His hero — mostly a hero — is a tough and cynical Berliner, a cop named Bernie Gunther. The newest book is the eighth in the series; it's called Prague Fatale.

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