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Syria in the Corridors of the G20 Summit
President Obama's in Russia for the G20 summit, where America's threat to attack Syria has taken center state. What separates the US and Russia over chemical weapons?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPresident Obama is in Russia for the G20 summit, where America's threat to attack Syria has taken center stage over the global economy. We hear about arguments that separate the US and Russia over who used chemical weapons and what should be done. Also, why can some people recognize faces while others can't? New brain studies may influence law enforcement, border control and airport security.
Banner image: President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin of Russia at a bilateral meeeting at the Esperanza Resort in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, June 18, 2012. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
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3 storiesG20 Summit Tries to Keep Global Economy on Track
The G20 brings together the heads of state and finance ministers of countries that make up two thirds of the world's population. If Syria is stealing the headlines, what is the G20 meeting supposed to be about? Matthew Bishop is US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief for the Economist magazine.
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Presidents Obama and Putin shook hands as Obama arrived in Russia for the G20 summit today, but that's apparently as close as they're going to get. Russia's grant of asylum to Edward Snowden, the leaker of American secrets, has dramatized the increasing gulf between the two countries.
Read the story34 minFace Blindness and 'Super Recognizers'
Researchers at Dartmouth College were investigating the problems of some people who can't recognize their spouses' faces — or even their own. Then they discovered that some people are "super recognizers." Bradley Duchaine is Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College .
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