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Afghan Government Is Relatively Silent On Airstrike That Hit Hospital

6:41pm October 05, 2015

Over the weekend in Kunduz, 22 people were killed in an airstrike that hit a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. Renee Montagne talks to Ted Callahan, a Western security adviser in Afghanistan.

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A video still from a Save the Children television fundraising advertisement.

At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?

4:31pm October 05, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

Images of the "starving child" were popular in 1980s campaigns. Critics didn't like the depiction of the developing world as a place of helpless victims. Such ads faded away, but now they're back.

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Russian Warplanes Bomb Syria; Russian TV Takes On The U.S.

3:07pm October 05, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russian TV stations have updated their message. It's no longer all about Ukraine. Now it's all about Syria, and any Western criticism of Russia's military actions in Syria is dismissed.

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The burned Doctors Without Borders hospital is seen after explosions in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday. Doctors Without Borders says 12 staff members and 10 patients were killed in the attack and 37 others were wounded.

Doctors Without Borders: Kunduz Airstrike Was 'War Crime'

3:00pm October 05, 2015

by Scott Neuman

A hospital was hit while U.S. forces were conducting an airstrike in the Afghan city; the aid group says 22 people were killed. NATO has said it will conduct an investigation into the attack.

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Along Syria's Coast, Some Cheer Russia's Bombing Campaign

2:36pm October 05, 2015

by Steve Inskeep

As Russian bombs rain down, Syrian-American journalist Rasha Elass reaches out to friends, family and rebels in Syria to hear how they are faring.

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German official Philipp Ackermann gives a speech with military translator Mohamed Oda in 2006, while heading the Provincial Reconstruction Team.

'A Shocking Development' In The Long Struggle To Hold On To Kunduz

2:31pm October 05, 2015

by Rachel Martin

The U.S. and NATO have spent years in Kunduz, Afghanistan, building communities to keep insurgents out. Two who were there 12 years ago describe how it felt this week when the Taliban retook the city.

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Why Russia Picked Last Week To Begin Airstrikes In Syria

2:26pm October 05, 2015

David Greene talks to Konstantin von Eggert, a Russian journalist and political commentator, about Russia's actions in Syria and what President Putin hopes to gain with airstrikes in the Middle East.

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Cereal Cafe Meets Serious Opposition In Shoreditch

2:06pm October 05, 2015

A cafe in East London that sells $5 bowls of cereal was attacked by protesters, who say gentrification is ruining the neighborhood. Alan Keery, co-owner of the cafe, speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

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India Makes A Climate Pledge, But Insists It Has A 'Right To Grow'

2:01pm October 05, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

India's economy has grown rapidly and the surge has been accompanied by a rise in its carbon footprint. The country has outlined what it plans to do in a pledge ahead of the U.N. climate conference.

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Nine Aid Workers Killed In Airstrikes On Kunduz Hospital

1:59pm October 05, 2015

As the Afghan government struggles to retake Kunduz from the Taliban, suspected U.S. airstrikes have hit a Médecins Sans Frontières facility in the city. NPR's Philip Reeves provides an update.

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