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'Travel Agents Of Death' Earn Billions Off Migrants, Organization Says

8:15am October 08, 2015

European navy ships can now stop and search some vessels suspected of being used to smuggle human cargo. William Lacy Swing of the International Organization for Migration talks to Renee Montagne.

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Obama Apologizes To Doctors Without Borders For Kunduz Hospital Attack

4:36pm October 07, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

Doctors Without Borders calls on President Obama and 75 other Geneva signatories to investigate the Kunduz, Afghanistan, bombing by activating the never before used fact-finding commission of the Geneva Conventions.

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Kickstarter Launches Drive To Raise Funds Supporting Refugees

4:36pm October 07, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Julien Schopp, director of humanitarian practice at InterAction, about how the White House called on members of the private sector to aid UN refugee agency efforts.

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Russian Military Confers With Israel On Involvement In Syria

4:36pm October 07, 2015

by Emily Harris

Israel is gauging the Russian airstrikes in Syria by staying in touch with Russian officials and seeking a manageable war next door.

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Ahmed, The Clockmaking U.S. Student, Visits Qatar And Saudi Arabia

4:24pm October 07, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Saudi Arabia's government is hosting Ahmed and his father for an umrah — a pilgrimage to Mecca. He'll also visit relatives in Jiddah.

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Russian Reaction Is Mixed Over Moscow Entering Syria's Conflict

2:30pm October 07, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

As Russia marks Vladimir Putin's birthday, the president's popularity among Russians is a high as ever. Even so, people on the streets of Moscow have mixed reactions to Putin's actions in Syria.

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Regional Tensions Rise After Russian Strikes Violate Turkish Airspace

8:04pm October 06, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey claims Russian military planes violated its airspace as regional tension increases over the Russian operations in Syria.

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After Harrowing Journey, Syrian Teacher Finally Rests In Germany

8:04pm October 06, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

After a harrowing and exhausting month-long journey, Syrian teacher Monzer Omar has finally reached Germany. Rested but restless, he's anxious to start his new life and send for his family.

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U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Says Kunduz Hospital 'Mistakenly Struck'

8:04pm October 06, 2015

by David Welna

At the first Congressional hearing on the fighting in Afghanistan since a U.S. plane fired on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, the top U.S. commander is in the hot seat. Gen. John Campbell is expected to face questions Tuesday about why the hospital was targeted, as the White House mulls keeping a residual force of up to 5,000 in Afghanistan beyond 2016.

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Gulf Countries Face Criticism For Refusing To Resettle Syrian Refugees

4:41pm October 06, 2015

by Deborah Amos

Gulf states are the top donors to the United Nations, and they allow Syrians to come on work visas. But they won't resettle Syrians because the Gulf doesn't recognize the legal concept of refugees.

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