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French Official Confirms Chief Planner Of Paris Attacks Died In Raid

11:11am November 19, 2015

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, who had boasted of mounting ISIS attacks, has been confirmed dead in Wednesday's police raid in a suburb north of Paris, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.

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If You Follow These Signs, You'll Flush With Success: #WorldToiletDay

10:36am November 19, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

Billions of people around the world don't use flush toilets. That's why there are so many signs that explain what to do — and what not to do.

ISIS, Refugees Elevate National Security Issues In U.S. Campaign

10:06am November 19, 2015

by Mara Liasson

President Obama challenged his critics to offer solutions of their own to defeat ISIS. So what are the Republican candidates saying?

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Fate Of Attacks' Planner Confirmed; State Of Emergency Extended

9:20am November 19, 2015

As the French government is pressured to prevent another attack, the prosecutor's office says the organizer of the attacks is dead. Tension from the attacks has spread to other European countries.

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Piano Set Up At Paris Train Station Provides Music And Comfort

6:44am November 19, 2015

by David Greene

A piano was set up inside the Gare du Nord for anyone to play. Issam Djouad, a young man with curly dark hair and a multicolored scarf, sat down and began to play.

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Paris Market Buzzes With Early Morning Activity

6:17am November 19, 2015

by David Greene

It turns out that the Bastille Market was just a short cab ride from where we've been staying in Paris. We got there before most shoppers and vendors were rushing to get set up for the morning rush.

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Investigators Explore Belgian Neighborhood's Connection To Terrorism

6:13am November 19, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Ben Taub, who has a piece in The New Yorker, about why the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek has been a center for radical terrorists in recent years.

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Paris Attacks Raise Concerns Over Flow Of Migrants, Religious Tensions

6:05am November 19, 2015

Many worry that among the migrants are extremists. Is that view shared by migrants and those who work with them? And in the French city of Marseilles, a teacher at a Jewish school was stabbed.

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Fate Of Attack Leader Is Still Unknown After Raid In Saint-Denis

5:59am November 19, 2015

Paris is still tense after Wednesday's raid on a Paris suburb. That tension has spread across Europe. Authorities in Germany have stepped up security measures after Friday's attacks in Paris.

French Government Debates Extending State Of Emergency

11:55pm November 18, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Oren Gross, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, about the history of the French state of emergency law, which gives authorities broad powers.

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