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Workers in India fear they're building their own prisons during citizenship crackdown

In the Indian state of Assam, people are anxiously waiting to find out if they will be be sent to a camp designed for illegal immigrants — even thought they've spent their entire lives in the country. 
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Elizabeth May on the oilsands, Quebec and benefiting from the NDP's decline

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sits down with As It Happens host Carol Off to discuss her vision for Canada.
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Why scientists tried — and failed — to make a knife out of frozen poop

A survival story in the 1998 book "Shadows in the Sun," inspired anthropologist Metin Eren to try to make a knife out of his own frozen feces.
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As It Happens: Friday Edition

Sept. 13, 2019
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David Suzuki joins Stephen Lewis, Buffy Sainte-Marie for 'Climate First' tour

Environmental activist and science broadcaster David Suzuki says he's hitting the road, along with "fellow elders" Stephen Lewis and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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Artist thrilled Hillary Clinton read her own emails at his art exhibit

Kenneth Goldsmith can't decide if Hillary Clinton's leaked emails are extremely boring or the greatest epic poem of the 21st century. 
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Ghost crabs make eerie sounds with their stomach teeth to ward off predators

A new study has uncovered that ghost crabs scare away predators by making their insides growl.
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U.K. changed title of grim no-deal Brexit scenario, says reporter who broke the story

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government insists that an internal report about the possible ramifications of a no-deal Brexit paints a "worst-case scenario" — but that's not what the documents said when journalist Rosamund Urwin obtained a leaked copy last month. 
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As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Sept. 12, 2019
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Dorian left 'apocalyptic devastation' in its wake, says Bahamas health minister

Days after the hurricane, the Bahamas Minister of Health says the aftermath is almost indescribable and he is bracing for the death toll to rise dramatically as the bodies of missing people are found.
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Deepwater Horizon site still mostly bereft of life — except for parasite-covered crabs

Nearly a decade after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig spilled hundreds of millions of litres of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the area's deep sea remains largely lifeless — except for shrimp and parasite-laden crabs.
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Former NOAA head calls Hurricane Dorian statement 'mealy mouthed' and 'disingenuous'

Kathy Sullivan, former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says the federal agency has caved to political pressure to "make the president happy."
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As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Sept. 11, 2019
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Trump cancels peace talks with Taliban, but Afghan analyst says deal is 'not dead'

Donald Trump announces his landmark deal with the Taliban to end the Afghan war is dead. But an Afghan analyst says there is still hope that some deal can be reached in the future.
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World leaders enact 'censorship through noise' in the digital era, says author

Peter Pomerantsev's new book, This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality, explores how governments and leaders sew confusion through information — and disinformation — overload.
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'High-stakes stuff': How the BBC aided the resistance during WW II using music

David Hendy heads a new BBC archival project which chronicles how the broadcaster's World Service sent coded messages to resistance fighters abroad during the Second World War.
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As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Sept. 10, 2019
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'She is a warrior,' Bianca Andreescu's coach says after her U.S. Open victory

Bianca Andreescu's ability to keep her cool during high-stakes tennis is the "true trademark of a champion," says her coach Sylvain Bruneau.
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The story behind this photo of a raccoon peeking out of an abandoned '70s Ford Pinto

Jason Bantle has spent countless evenings quietly camping out in the Saskatchewan wilderness trying to snap the perfect photo of a momma raccoon emerging from the 1970s Ford Pinto she's been raising her kits in. 
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Pickling the problem? NYC launches 'alcohol and vinegar' trap to curb rat infestation

New York has been battling its rat population for centuries. Now the borough president of Brooklyn thinks he's found the solution — a large bucket that lures, traps and drowns the rodents.
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As It Happens: Monday Edition

Sept. 9, 2019
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Moviegoers in Halifax save man's life after he goes into cardiac arrest

Earl Kiley is thanking his lucky stars that he decided to go to the movie with his fiancée rather than stay home alone at their Nova Scotia cottage.
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Diet Eman, Dutch woman who helped save hundreds of Jews during WW II, has died

When Nazis started targeting Diet Eman's friends and neighbours in the early 1940s, the Dutch bank teller put all her life's plans on hold and joined the resistance.
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Is the Loch Ness monster a giant eel? Scientists share new DNA evidence from Scottish lake

A new DNA-based study of Scotland's Loch Ness turned up no evidence of Nessie. But scientists did detect 3,000 species, including a slippery sea creature that could explain some sightings.
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As It Happens: Friday Edition

Sept. 6, 2019
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