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Indian security forces are cracking down on a major university, highlighting a new front in India's culture wars over things like free expression and religious dietary rules.

The French theater event has long been a pillar of the performing arts world. But talk of changes to festival workers' off-season benefits has cast a shadow over this year's celebration.

On Sunday, Russian voters will choose members of the lower house of parliament. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the last such elections. They say they are too afraid to protest now.

The industry is holding its annual conference this week at Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami. Critics say a Trump appointee is helping the industry by moving to ease regulations.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with John Sepulvado of Oregon Public Broadcasting about the leader of the Oregon protesters, Ammon Bundy, and his family's particular brand of Mormonism.

The GOP presidential front-runner scheduled rallies in Phoenix and Tucson on Saturday ahead of Tuesday's primary in Arizona.

On Sunday, it'll be one year since Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was sworn into office. His leadership has polarized the country and Egyptians face rising food prices, fuel shortages and power cuts just as the long hot summer takes hold. Opposition groups have planned major protests to mark the day, demanding early elections and vowing to remain on the streets until Morsi quits power.

"Jin, jiyan, azadi!" — "Woman, life, freedom!" — has become the rallying cry for people in Iran and beyond who are protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian police custody.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ambassador Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, on the protests in that country, and the weekend prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Iran.

The impending pullout from the Gaza Strip has roiled the political waters in Israel. Anti-withdrawal protestors have blocked traffic on main highways and threaten more acts of civil disobedience. Some Gaza settlers are vowing to resist the pullout by all means.