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In Sweat Lodge, Vets Find Healing 'Down To The Core'

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Veterans make preparations for a sweat lodge ceremony at Salt Lake City's Veterans Affairs center.

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Veteran Steve Rich prays before placing a log in the fire pit.

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Originally published on Tue May 29, 2012 6:38 am

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Substance abuse. Violence. Even thoughts of suicide. These are some of the problems that many veterans returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling with.

Today it's called post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, but it has affected veterans going back much farther. While doctors and researchers put enormous efforts into developing new treatments, one group of veterans in Salt Lake City is finding relief in a very old tradition: a Native American sweat lodge.

12:09 pm

Mon May 28, 2012

Islamist Tops Egypt's Vote Count, But Run-off Needed

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Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, was the leading vote getter in Egypt's presidential election last week. But he did not get an outright majority and will face a run-off on June 16-17 against a former prime minister. He's shown here during a campaign rally.

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The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released Monday by the election commission.

Commission chief Farouq Sultan told a news conference that the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander and a longtime friend of the ousted leader, were the top two finishers in the first round of voting held on May 23-24.

10:07 am

Mon May 28, 2012

Ex-Mubarak PM, Islamist In Egyptian Runoff

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Originally published on Mon May 28, 2012 11:43 am

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In Egypt, Ahmed Shafiq and the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Morsi, will face each other in a runoff election next month. David Greene talks with NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson about what these results might mean for Egypt's future.

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9:20 am

Mon May 28, 2012

John Oates On Mountain Stage

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John Oates.

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7:03 am

Mon May 28, 2012

Catherine Russell: An In-Studio Fresh Air Concert

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Catherine Russell.

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Originally published on Tue May 29, 2012 6:49 am

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This interview was originally broadcast on February 21, 2011.

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