The World's Matthew Bell looks back at Tony Blair's time as British prime minister, and his relationship with the United States. Tomorrow, Blair is expected to announce the date on which he will step down from office.

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The World's Jeb Sharp reports that Iran has apparently detained an Iranian-American scholar who had travelled to Tehran to visit her elderly mother. Haleh Esfandiari works at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington. Iranian officials had refused to let her leave the country in December. Now her husband says Esfandiari is being held in prison.

The World's Marco Werman reports on how the music of Turkish clarinetist Mustafa Kandirali echoes the current tension over Turkey's direction as a secular or religious state.

Today's answer is the district of Saint-Germain-des Pres in Paris, where every day the famous Poilane bakery sends out thousands of loaves of its French bread to restaurants around the world. At the helm of this 75-year-old bakery is a 22-year-old CEO. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Apollonia Poilane, about the business of baking bread.

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Refugees from southern Sudan who were resettled in the United States in 2001 came to be known as the Lost Boys of Sudan. Many got support adjusting to life in cities across the country. But for the Lost Boys in Cleveland, that support came late. Reporter Dan Bobkoff of station WCPN has the story of how it took a tragedy to get the community at-large to take notice of the Lost Boys.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the Boston Globe's Kevin Cullen about Northern Ireland's new power-sharing government. Cullen has covered the conflict in Northern Ireland for many years and talks about what the new government could mean for lasting peace and stability in the region.

Kevin Cullen of The Boston Globe in The World's Boston studios

Northern Ireland is entering a new era as former foes come together to share power in a new government. Protestant leader Ian Paisley will lead the new government, with Irish Republican Army veteran Martin McGuinness as his deputy. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

The comic book character, Archie, is making his debut in India. The World's Alex Gallafent finds out why publishers think his teenage hijinks will have appeal among India's growing middle class.