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The National Rifle Association says it is sending a representative to hear what the vice president's task force on gun issues has to say. The organization has made clear, though, that it opposes changes to gun laws if they restrict Americans' ability to buy firearms.

A recent settlement between a university and the Justice Department may encourage institutions to better accommodate students with food allergies.

College Students With Food Allergies Make Legal Gains

Congress expanded the scope of the Americans With Disabilities Act to include food allergies. The Justice Department is making institutions provide students with "safe" food and special meal plans.

Rapper Amkoullel had one of his songs banned by Mali's government, which controls the southern part of the country. It's even worse in the north, where militants linked to al-Qaida have outlawed virtually all music.

Despite Censorship, Mali's Musicians Play On

Last year in Mali, militants linked to al-Qaida took control of the northern part of the country. They have banned all music except for Quranic verse — but some artists are finding ways to fight back.

In Canada, Gonorrhea Defeats Another Antibiotic

Superstrains of gonorrhea, which are resistant to all antibiotics, have cropped up in Europe and Asia. Now Canadian doctors report the first failure in North America of the usual antibiotic for gonorrhea, leaving just one drug left to fight the sexually transmitted germ.

Beit Qamishlo is a modest house in southern Turkey that caters to Syrian exiles seeking temporary refuge. It also hosts frequent discussions on Syria's future. Here, Malik Dagestani (center), a former political prisoner in Syria, talks about his detention in the 1980s and 1990s.

A Welcoming Way Station For Syrians Fleeing Home

Part hostel, part performance center, a house in southern Turkey has become a valuable place for Syrians fleeing their homeland and seeking temporary refuge.

Venezuela's Chavez To Miss His Inauguration

The announcement by the government confirms suspicions the president's illness will keep him in Cuba past Thursday when he was scheduled to be sworn in. Chavez underwent his fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba last month.

An aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility on the banks of the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada, in 2009. Scientists say contaminants found at the bottom of lakes in Alberta are from air pollutants from the facilities responsible for producing and processing tar sands oil.

Deep In Canadian Lakes, Signs Of Tar Sands Pollution

The contaminants researchers found at the bottom of Alberta lakes are from air pollutants coming from tar sands oil production and processing facilities. The pollution wasn't picked up by the industry-funded monitoring program that was supposed to track environmental risks from tar sands over recent decades.

January 11, 2013

Gaetano Donizetti: The Elixir of LoveRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden Royal Opera Orchestra and Chorus Bruno Campanella, conductorCAST: Aleksandra Kurzak…

January 18, 2013

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello La Fenice, Venice La Fenice Orchestra and Chorus Myung-Whun Chung, conductorCAST: Gregory Kunde (Otello); Leah Crocetto…

January 25, 2013

Georges Bizet:The Pearl Fishers Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Michel Plasson, conductorCAST: Annick Massis…

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