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India is celebrating the birth of a baby to two of its biggest Bollywood stars. Commentator Sandip Roy explains why it's making headlines.

Last week, India got the tweet it was holding its breath for. It's a girl.

Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, the Bollywood actress often called the most beautiful woman in the world, gave birth to a daughter. The proud dad, Abhishek Bachchan, a Bollywood hero in his own right, sent out the first tweet. Followed moments later by his dad, Bollywood's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan.

One night last September, Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Del., was about to make history.

In today's tough economy, many people are doing whatever they can to make it through one more mortgage payment or survive other financial hardships that have reached their doorstep. For some retirees, that means selling their pensions for a lump-sum payment.

"They don't have a lot of other avenues to go to," says Leslie Scism of the Wall Street Journal, who has reported on this trend. "For many people, it's a way to get some quick cash."

A second uprising seems to be developing in Cairo. Protesters in Tahrir Square, angry with the military-led transitional government, increased in number recently as police clashes with them have become more violent. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan talks with reporter Merrit Kennedy about the situation in Egypt.

It's been one month since Moammar Gadhafi's death. Libyans were celebrating within hours of his killing. A month later, the jubilance has waned and the violence continues. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan talks with New York Times correspondent Clifford Krauss from Tripoli.