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By Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
 TEHRAN – As the sun began to set, the scene outside the polling station at the Husseiniya Ershad mosque in downtown Tehran was like a big social gathering.
A young bride and groom walked into the polling station to vote together on their big day. And a lot [...]

By Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
 TEHRAN – I’m outside one of the main polling booths here, a large mosque in downtown Tehran. The polls are supposed to officially close soon. But from where I’m sitting, it’s clear that will not be enough time. I am looking at hundreds of people on the steps of this mosque [...]

By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief
HAVANA – General Motors may be losing ground to foreign competition at home, but in Cuba the American automaker remains king. 
The popular GM models that rolled down Havana’s streets in the ’40s and ’50s are still spitting out fumes.
Government restrictions bar most Cubans from buying new cars, [...]