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Efrain Rios Montt, Former Guatemalan Dictator, Dies At 91

4:21pm April 03, 2018

On Sunday, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at 91. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with professor Victoria Sanford of the City University of New York about Rios Montt's role in the Guatemalan civil war, and the troubled legacy he leaves behind.

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Mexico's Ambassador To The U.S. Discusses Immigration And Trade

4:21pm April 03, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mexico's ambassador to the U.S. Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernandez about what Mexico is doing to tamp down on illegal immigration and the state of the U.S.-Mexico relationship.

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Madeleine Albright served as secretary of state under President Clinton from 1997-2001.

Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go 'Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'

4:17pm April 03, 2018

by Terry Gross

The former secretary of state describes President Trump as "the most anti-democratic leader that I have studied in American history." Albright's new book is Fascism: A Warning.

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Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr addresses his supporters during a demonstration in Baghdad in 2017. He is now aligning himself with Communists ahead of Iraq's May election.

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Ahead Of Iraq's Elections, Muqtada Al-Sadr Reinvents Himself — Again

1:42pm April 03, 2018

by Jane Arraf

The Shiite cleric venerated by millions has reached out to Saudi Arabia, distanced himself from Iran and is effectively burning down his own political movement by aligning with Communists.

Amr Mozeb, shown here with his wife Wahdeh and their two sons at their home in Djibouti, spent his high school and college years in the U.S. and was naturalized as a teenager. His children are U.S. citizens, but his wife, a Yemeni national, has been denie

Families Divided: President Trump's Travel Ban Strands Some U.S. Citizens Abroad

1:08pm April 03, 2018

Trying to flee the war in Yemen, some U.S. passport holders are stuck in Djibouti due to slow immigration processes and the Trump administration's ban on travel from countries including Yemen.

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Relatives grieve during the funeral of some of the victims of the prison fire, in Valencia, northern Carabobo state, Venezuela, last week.

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Venezuela Blames Inmates For Deadly Prison Fire

10:50am April 03, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The fire at a jail in Valencia killed 68 people. Venezuela's attorney general now says inmates who were apparently angry about an inspection are believed to have set the fire.

SenseTime's technology is able to identify specific attributes of vehicles and people.

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Facial Recognition In China Is Big Business As Local Governments Boost Surveillance

10:41am April 03, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

"The government is pushing the need for this technology from the top, so companies don't have big obstacles in making it happen," says an executive at a major Chinese artificial intelligence company.

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