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Anti-Government Protests Continue In Lebanon And Move To Include Hezbollah Leader

4:37pm October 26, 2019

by Daniel Estrin

As anti-government demonstrations continue in Lebanon, protesters are debating whether their anger should also be directed at a long considered untouchable: the head of the militant group Hezbollah.

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Serikjan Bilash (left), co-founder of Atajurt, and wife Leila Adilzhan in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Per the terms of a plea deal, Bilash can't work in political activism for the next seven years, which includes calling out China's repression of Kazakhs.

An Advocate For Kazakhs Persecuted In China Is Banned From Activism In Kazakhstan

11:52am October 26, 2019

by Emily Feng

Serikjan Bilash signed a plea deal after Kazakh officials charged him with "inciting ethnic tensions" for his work documenting repression against Kazakhs and in China's Xinjiang region.

Police and forensic officers investigate a truck and refrigerated trailer where 39 bodies were discovered in Thurrock, England.

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Opinion: How Will We Remember Migrants Who Suffer, Strive And Risk Their Lives?

7:58am October 26, 2019

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon ruminates about news of 39 people found dead in a trailer in Essex, U.K., and why people would risk their lives for that journey.

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The Importance Of Preserving Videos Of War Crimes

7:58am October 26, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dia Kayyali, program manager for Witness, about YouTube's removal of videos considered to be evidence of human rights violations in countries such as Syria and Yemen.

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Mexico's Asylum Agency Struggles To Keep Up

7:58am October 26, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico is on course to accept as many as 80,000 refugees this year. Its tiny asylum agency is overrun with applications and many asylum-seekers are stuck in a bottleneck of bureaucracy.

The Future Of U.S. Troops In Syria

7:58am October 26, 2019

by Greg Myre

The U.S. is weighing keeping some troops in Syria to protect oil fields from ISIS.

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What A Fight Between Airplane-Makers Means For French Wine

7:58am October 26, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

The U.S. and Europe have been arguing over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing for years. But now businesses with no connection to aviation — and U.S. consumers — are paying the price.

François Ozon's By the Grace of God dramatizes the child sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church of Lyon, France.

'People Are Afraid Of Cinema': François Ozon Takes On Church Sexual Abuse

7:58am October 26, 2019

by Rebecca Rosman

The French filmmaker first wanted to make a documentary about an accused pedophile priest. But the victims convinced him that fiction would reach more viewers. It's called By the Grace of God.

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British Police Arrest 3 People After Discovery Of 39 Bodies In A Truck

8:09pm October 25, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Police investigating the discovery of 39 bodies in Britain say they have arrested another three people, along with the truck driver who is being questioned on suspicion of murder.

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Investigators Release Scathing Report Faulting Boeing And Lion Air For Deadly Crash

5:37pm October 25, 2019

by Russell Lewis

Investigators in Indonesia have released a scathing report that faults Boeing and Lion Air for last year's crash of a 737 Max. That crash killed 189 people.

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