ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A few years ago, the artist Ai Weiwei made Lego portraits of activists and political prisoners from around the world. They were on display at Alcatraz. At the time, Ai Weiwei was under house arrest in China and he couldn't travel t

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Documentary Profiles Ai Weiwei's Political Activism For years Ai Weiwei lived abroad where he created art installations. But for more than a year, he hasn't been allowed to leave China. Now, Alison Klayman's film, Ai Weiwei Never Sorry, shows the art

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Russia is postponing scheduled consultations with the government of Ukraine pending review of Monday's agreement between Kyiv and the European Union to improve the Ukrainian gas pipeline system. Earlier, Moscow also threatened to reassess its relati

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to an artist who has been recognized all over the world for his art installations and dissident activism in China, activism that cost him years under house arrest. We're talking about Ai Weiwei. When his passport was reissued

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KHABAROVSK, Russia, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Russian troops on Wednesday began a five-day joint military drill aimed at boosting their ability to fight terrorism. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) o

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An international art fair in Hong Kong is displaying a provocative sculpture by jailed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in what it is billing as a show of support for the outspoken dissident. The Art HK fair opened Wednesday with a display of Ai's 2007 Marb

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