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Another look at stories you might have missed this week.
A crackdown in the Vatican, tea and tanks with Syrian rebels, waterproof Filipinos, and the 'Fresh Prince'. No matter how you cut it, it's been a big week for the world. Here's a sampling of the most important stories from GlobalPost and a look at some of the news you might have missed.

In-Depth Series: Destination Mogadishu
Somalia's capital opens up after two decades of civil war.
China Works: Here is what is changing and why
China is changing. Its miraculous growth is slowing. Wages are rising. The endless labor supply has reached its limit. It’s normal for economies to ebb and flow, but a more fundamental shift is emerging. This series explores that trend and the people for whom it's a daily reality.

Syria: Battle for Aleppo (LIVE BLOG)
The fight between Syrian rebels and the regime for key areas of Aleppo is intensifying, with regime forces overtaking key districts in Syria's main commercial hub.

American nuns face off with Vatican over crackdown
They've been accused of promoting 'radical feminism' and moving away from church doctrine, and the sisters of the Leadership Conference will sit this week to formulate a response to the Vatican.

Tea and Tanks: Life with a rebel unit in northern Syria
Inside a tight-knit group of Free Syrian Army soldiers waging war against Bashar al-Assad's regime.

For Latin America, making the Olympic podium is a rare feat
Besides a number of stellar performances in London, Latin America is an overall Olympic underachiever. Here’s why.

Highway 2012: The Republican Veepstakes
Who will Mitt Romney's VP pick be? What does it mean? Does anybody really care?

Meet the waterproof Filipinos
Knee-deep in floodwater, Filipinos find a way to share hope and humor via Instagram.

Planet Pic: Merry Krishna-mas!
Photos: Indians celebrate Krishna's birthday.

Accelerate: Power swap
Video: A new company hopes to change the way we charge electric cars.

Japan: Tepco reveals footage from nuclear disaster
The heavily edited excerpts are revealing, but probably won't settle disaster response controversies.
And last, but certainly not least:

Weird Wide Web: Gitmo inmates fans of 'Fresh Prince'
The majority of the world is familiar with Will Smith's "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" theme song, including the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/offbeat/120810/great-weekend-reads
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Art Basel gathers works from around the world for its annual shows.
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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