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By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer
YUBAI QU, Chongqing Municipality – It was a Chinese stand-off. 
Wang Chen, our 30-something driver from Chongqing, was looking at me anxiously.
I was grappling with not just anxiety (his) but also a mixture of guilt and resentment (mine).
The problem came up when Wang teased us with the [...]

By NBC News’ Carol Grisanti and Mushtaq Yusufzai
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The message from Washington to Pakistan was clear: there is no change in U.S. policy when it comes to going after al-Qaida and Taliban targets in Pakistan’s lawless border areas. After all, Barack Obama warned during his presidential campaign that America must go after terrorist [...]

By Martin Fletcher, NBC News Correspondent  “TEL AVIV, Israel – Danny Mahlouf, a 70-year-old Israeli plasterer from Ashkelon, has a message for Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, and it’s personal. “Tell Ismail Haniyeh to lose the beard, and stop making trouble!”
They go way back. In the late ‘80s, Haniyeh worked for five years [...]

There was a special reason to celebrate in India on Thursday with 10 Oscar nominations for movie “Slumdog Millionaire” announced. But while there’s local pride, there are also some criticism about the film’s stark depiction of poverty in Mumbai. NBC’s Ian Williams reports from Mumbai.

VIDEO: Mixed feelings at hometown premier of ‘Slumdog’…(read more)

A new museum is being built in Baghdad, which will feature torture devices and 26 million documents related to Saddam Hussein’s regime’s crimes. NBC’s Steve Wende reports from Baghdad.

VIDEO: Iraq’s ‘Torture Museum’ shows off Saddam’s crimes …(read more)