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Looting Antiquities, A Fundamental Part Of ISIS' Revenue Stream

12:22am September 30, 2014

ISIS is looting, destroying and illicitly trafficking antiquities out of Iraq and Syria. Rachel Martin talks with Michael Danti, a professor of archaeology at Boston University.

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Alicia Keys attends the 2014 Social Good Summit, a conference examining the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives around the world on Sept. 21 in New York City.

Meet The Global Groups That Alicia Keys Got Naked For

8:03pm September 29, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

The Grammy-winning singer posed in the nude (in a G-rated way) to draw attention to a dozen charities. Here's a look at the goals of the global players — and what they'd do if money were no object.

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Syrian Rebels Fear Assad Will Benefit From ISIS Airstrikes

6:30pm September 29, 2014

by Deborah Amos

The U.S. says it's not coordinating its attacks on ISIS with the Syrian regime. But opponents to Syrian President Bashar Assad worry that he's benefitting from the U.S. air campaign.

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Aleppo Residents Trapped Between Syrian Forces And ISIS Militants

5:14pm September 29, 2014

For a view from the ground of the U.S. led airstrikes on Islamic State militants, Audie Cornish talks with Zaina Erhaim, project coordinator for the Syrian Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

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Sheik Abdullah bin Bayyah is interviewed about his fatwa explaining why ISIS is wrong to claim that Islam supports violence and the establishment of a caliphate by force.

Prominent Muslim Sheik Issues Fatwa Against ISIS Violence

9:47pm September 28, 2014

by Dina Temple-Raston

Sheik Abdullah bin Bayyah is considered one of the most influential Muslims in the world. As a respected scholar, he has issued edicts to explain why groups such as the Islamic State have it wrong.

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Is Obama's War-Powers Shift Hypocrisy, Or Inevitable For A President?

7:04pm September 28, 2014

Despite his liberal bona fides and campaign objections, President Obama's foreign policy decisions look very much like those of his predecessors.

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For Missions Over Hostile Syria, Air Force Unwrapped Its Newest Jet

7:03pm September 28, 2014

Available since 2005, the $90 million F-22 fighter was simply more machine than the military had needed - until there were worries about whether Bashar Assad's air defenses would stand down.

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The Uncertain Nature Of Obama's Arab Coalition

3:21pm September 28, 2014

A coalition of Arab countries has joined in the U.S. fight against the Islamic State. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Abderrahim Foukara of Al Jazeera about how effective the coalition can be.

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Turkish military forces of the Jandarma (police) block access at the Mursitpinar crossing gate near the Syrian border, where Syrian Kurdish people seek to pass, on Sunday. Turkey's leader says the country is willing to fight ISIS.

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Turkey Signals Willingness To Join Coalition Against ISIS

2:55pm September 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Saying his country will do "whatever is needed" to help fight the extremist group ISIS, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has reached what media are calling "a point of determination."

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Kidnapped By ISIS, One Woman Tells How She Saved Her Sisters

11:13am September 28, 2014

by Leila Fadel

Last month, ISIS terrorized a village, slaughtering the men and kidnapping the young women to force into marriages. On young woman's sisters gave her the courage to escape.

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