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Another Florida Case Puts Crosshairs On 'Stand Your Ground'

6:19pm February 01, 2015

Marissa Alexander, a Jacksonville woman behind bars for three years for firing a "warning shot" near her estranged husband, was recently released. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Larry Hannan of the Florida Times-Union.

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Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Jan. 15 shows a letter he said was sent in 2013 to Interpol informing it of an agreement reached with Iran's government to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association that killed

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Argentine Official Says He Sought Cooperation With Iran, Not Cover-Up

3:35pm February 01, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman says he met Iranian officials as part of the effort to find out who was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

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Cumberbatch Wants Britain To Pardon Men Convicted Under Anti-Gay Law

3:21pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Oscar-nominated star of the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game has joined actor and comedian Stephen Fry in calling for a blanket pardon of 49,000 men punished under long-defunct law.

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As In Greece, Voters In Spain Appear Ready To Oust Conservatives

11:39am February 01, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Thousands of supporters of the Spanish anti-austerity party, Podemos, marched through Madrid on Saturday. Polls show they could defeat Spain's mainstream parties in elections this year.

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Democrat Seeks To Authorize Operations Against ISIS

11:39am February 01, 2015

Rep. Adam Schiff of California plans to introduce a bill to allow congressional authorization of military operations against ISIS. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Schiff about the new legislation.

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Jordan Waits On Fate Of Its ISIS Prisoner

11:39am February 01, 2015

The prisoner swap between the self-proclaimed Islamic State and Jordan is at a standstill. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to reporter Taylor Luck about how Jordanians are reacting to the hostage situation.

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What Romney's Retreat Means For GOP Hopefuls

10:03pm January 31, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with senior Washington editor Ron Elving about the narrowing Republican presidential field for 2016 and what we've seen so far in the first month of the new Congress.

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Sports

NBC Courts Women In Hopes Of Record Super Bowl Broadcast

9:59pm January 31, 2015

by Eric Deggans

This year's the Super Bowl telecast is targeting non-sports fans, especially women.

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Video Appears To Show Beheading Of Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto

7:10pm January 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The SITE Intelligence group has acquired footage that appears to show the execution of the Japanese journalist a week after another Japanese hostage was killed by the so-called Islamic State.

In Aug. 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg,(right) mourn during a farewell ceremony for Putin's first judo coach, Anatoly Rakhlin, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Close Friend Of Putin Awarded Contract For Crimea Bridge

7:02pm January 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The span, to be built across a narrow strait that separates Russia from the newly annexed peninsula, is pegged at $3 billion and scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.