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Ukrainian police block the road as supporters of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili gather in Kiev outside the police station where he was taken after his arrest late Friday.

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Dissident Who Was Snatched Back By Supporters In Ukraine Is Arrested Again

7:37pm December 08, 2017

by Barbara Campbell

This time former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili wasn't rescued from a police van, as he was earlier this week. The stateless politician was taken to a police station.

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U.N. Peacekeeping Force Suffers Deadly Attack In Eastern Congo

5:28pm December 08, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Insurgents attacked U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Congo, killing 14 and wounding scores more. It was the deadliest attack on U.N. peacekeepers in recent memory.

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Encore: Hiroshima Survivor Remembers

5:28pm December 08, 2017

Setsuko Thurlow will jointly accept the Nobel Peace Prize this Sunday with ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a group she's worked with since it was launched several years ago. Thurlow survived the bombing of Hiroshima and shared her story with NPR's Kelly McEvers.This story originally aired on May 26, 2016 on All Things Considered.

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More Violence In Jerusalem After U.S. Recognizes City As Capital

5:28pm December 08, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

Demonstrations and clashes broke out around the West Bank and Gaza two days President Trump's announced Wednesday that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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Palestinian Novelist And Jerusalem Resident Recalls City's History

5:28pm December 08, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Palestinian novelist Sayed Kashua. He remembers Jerusalem, and how the city has changed over the last few decades. The city is tense since U.S. recognized it as the capital of Israel.

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Greece And Turkey Seek To Work Together

5:28pm December 08, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

Once sworn enemies, Greece and Turkey are now working out a cautious friendship. But on a historic visit to Greece, Turkey's president brought up some old grudges.

Children get their diphtheria inoculation in 1944.

Diphtheria: What Exactly Is It ... And Why Is It Back?

4:40pm December 08, 2017

by Rae Ellen Bichell

It's thought of as a disease of the past. But now there are outbreaks in Yemen and Bangladesh.

A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister that was fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes on the Israeli border after a protest against President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Palestinian President Says U.S. No Longer Qualified To Broker Peace Talks

4:08pm December 08, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday the U.S. is not qualified to sponsor the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians because of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Workers prepare pineapple seedlings for planting at the Gold Coast Fruits farm in Ghana.

Why An Ivy League MBA Went Back To Ghana To Help A Pineapple Farm

4:00pm December 08, 2017

by Amy Yee

Jerry Parkes graduated from Wharton and decided to return to his homeland to put his business acumen to use in the agricultural field.

The U.N. has operated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for years. Thursday evening's attack was the bloodiest assault on peacekeeping forces in recent memory, according to a U.N. official.

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At Least 14 U.N. Peacekeepers Killed In Rebel Attack In Congo

3:12pm December 08, 2017

by Maggie Penman

Five Congolese soldiers also died, and dozens of peacekeepers were wounded, in the attack on a base in eastern Congo. A U.N. official said it was the bloodiest assault on peacekeepers in 25 years.