Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck
Even in the worst spasms of violence that followed the U.S.-led invasion, cosmetic surgery didn't go out of style in Iraq. Now, as the country quiets down, plastic surgery is all the rage.Full story
Internet resumes 6 months after riot in China
Limited Internet services slowly began to return to far western China on Tuesday, almost six months after ethnic rioting led the government to shut down Web and phone links to the outside world. Full story
Sleep may help us cope with outside world
While sleep is often thought to have evolved to play an unknown but vital role inside the body, a new theory suggests it actually developed as a method to better deal with the outside world. Full story
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Reaction to Jackson's death from China
June 26: Michael Jackson's fame peaked as China opened its doors to the outside world. 27 year old Zhai Qi recalls his first impression of the pop superstar back in the late 1980s.
Phone home: Cell phones surpass landlines
May 6: Federal researchers say the number of American households with just a cell phone connection to the outside world has surpassed for the first time those who only have an old-fashioned landline. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Cambodia looks to the future
May, 2002: Cambodia is slowly opening two the outside world after three decades of war. NBC’s Keith Miller reports.
Rena Mackert, Former FLDS Member
Many of the people who leave the FLDS have little knowledge of the outside world and their rights. Rena Mackert speaks about her struggle with her family to claim her children.
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Isolated Amazonian tribe
'Uncontacted Indians' of the Envira, who have never before had any contact with the outside world, photographed during an overflight in May 2008, as they react to the overflight at their camp in Brazil, close to the border with Peru.
