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Supporters of J. Jayalalithaa, chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state and head of the AIADMK party, hold a protest against a prison sentence for the popular politician in the southern Indian city of Chennai Sunday.

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Popular Indian Politician's Corruption Conviction Spurs Nervousness

3:04pm September 28, 2014

by Julie McCarthy

A ruling against J. Jayalalithaa in India's highest-profile corruption case has stunned a political class that is widely seen as permeated with graft. She's been sentenced to four years in prison.

Kenya's Dennis Kimetto crosses the finish line to win the Berlin Marathon Sunday. Kimetto set a new world marathon record, breaking the 2 hour, 3 minute mark for the first time.

Kenya's Kimetto Sets New Marathon World Record In Berlin

3:00pm September 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

For the first time, the world record in the marathon is now under 2 hours and 3 minutes, after Dennis Kimetto of Kenya tore through the course at Sunday's Berlin Marathon.

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."

A hiker is lifted by a rescue helicopter at Mt. Ontake, which erupted Saturday. The volcano straddles the Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan.

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More Than 30 Feared Dead In Japanese Volcano's Eruption

2:51pm September 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Officials say the hikers were found close to the mountain's peak, in cardiac and respiratory arrest. More than 200 hikers survived Saturday's eruption.

Former Rep. James Traficant, seen here arriving at a House ethics hearing in 2002, has died at age 73.

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Ohio's James Traficant Dies, Days After Accident On Farm

2:02pm September 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The Ohio politician whose career included 17 years in Congress and a conviction for bribery has died at age 73. He was critically hurt in a tractor accident earlier this week.

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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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A teacher spreads a plastic sheet to prevent rain from further damaging the shelled top floor of Gymnasium 33, a high school in Donetsk. The school was hit by Ukrainian shelling on Aug. 27. Many schools are unable to accommodate students due to damaged fa

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Reporter's Notebook: In Eastern Ukraine, A Bellicose Mood Prevails

10:06am September 28, 2014

by Eleanor Beardsley

On a return trip to eastern Ukraine, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley found a ceasefire that feels shaky and separatists who are full of swagger and determined to press their fight for independence.

A member of the Indian security force keeps watch over a launch vehicle carrying the Mars Orbiter probe at the Indian Space Research Organization facility, in Sriharikota, in 2013.

India Zooms To Mars Much More Cheaply, But With Trade-Offs

9:17am September 28, 2014

by Geoff Brumfiel

A U.S. probe cost $637 million to get to Mars; an Indian mission cost about a tenth as much. There are at least a few reasons why, both teams agree — starting with the differing shapes of each orbit.

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2 Ways To Think About Nothing, One Mo' Time

5:48am September 28, 2014

by Robert Krulwich

Let's compare two kinds of nothing: an empty patch of deep space and an empty piece of paper that was once beautiful. There's nothing to see in either. Or is there?

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, speaks at the UN General Assembly in New York City Saturday. Addressing the question of peace talks with Pakistan, Modi said they must happen "without the shadow of terrorism."

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At U.N., India's Modi Discusses Pakistan, Terrorism, And Peace

5:22pm September 27, 2014

by Julie McCarthy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the U.N. one day after Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. Modi said it's up to Pakistan to create an "appropriate atmosphere" for peace talks.