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@npub16zte...8qw2 image Pope Leo was in Lebanon on Sunday night, the second stop on his inaugural foreign trip. Leo told reporters on his plane that the creation of a Palestinian state was the only solution to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Chris Livesay reports from Beirut.
@npub16zte...8qw2 image Pablo Picasso himself hailed Paul CΓ©zanne as "the father of us all." And now, 186 years after his birth, the French artist is being honored by his hometown. Aix-en-Provence is hosting a year-long celebration of CΓ©zanne, exhibiting 130 paintings, drawings and watercolors incorporating the artist's themes (and the locations that inspired him), along with walking tours and site visits. Seth Doane reports.
@npub16zte...8qw2 image "Climbing teaches you a lot about who you are," says 40-year-old rock climber Jesse Dufton, who has conquered thousands of peaks without the benefit of vision. Dufton, who was born with a rare degenerative condition called rod-cone dystrophy, talks with Lee Cowan about how losing his sight did not lead to him forsaking his potential.
@npub16zte...8qw2 image Preliminary investigations showed the fire started Wednesday afternoon on a lower-level scaffolding net of one of the buildings, and then spread rapidly inside as the foam panels caught fire and blew out windows.