document.write('<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rssHeadlines"><tr><td class="rssHeaderCell"><p><span class="rssDescription">NPR world news, international art and culture, world business and financial markets, world economy, and global trends in health, science and technology. Subscribe to the World Story of the Day podcast and RSS feed.</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td class="rssHeadlineCell"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120291176&ft=1&f=1004" class="rssHeadline">Setbacks Stall Finish Of China&#146;s Massive Dam Project</a><br><span class="rssDate">Sat Nov 21 00:01:00 EST 2009</span><br><span class="rssTease">The massive reservoir behind China&#146;s Three Gorges Dam was supposed to be filled to capacity this month. But landslides on the reservoir and water shortages downstream have delayed the process. Questions have been raised about the dam, which is the world&#146;s largest hydropower project, and what it might mean for the Yangtze River.</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td class="rssHeadlineCell"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120646666&ft=1&f=1004" class="rssHeadline">Afghanistan-Bound, Americans Pretend To Be There</a><br><span class="rssDate">Sat Nov 21 08:00:00 EST 2009</span><br><span class="rssTease">While President Obama weighs his options on Afghanistan, one thing is clear: The U.S. is beefing up its civilian presence there. The aid effort has been hobbled from the start, and many experts consider it a weak link in the struggle to build a stable society in the conflicted country. Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew insists that the U.S. is now recruiting the right kind of people, but before those people head to Afghanistan, they get trained to work with the military at a base in Indiana.</span><br></p></td></tr></table>')