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Guests used bedsheets to rappel down in an attempt to escape attackers at Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday.

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Taliban Claims Responsibility After Gunmen Attack Luxury Hotel In Kabul

11:59am January 21, 2018

by James Doubek

Witnesses said there were at least four gunmen who were wearing army uniforms. A fight with Afghan security forces lasted more than 13 hours before the government said all attackers were killed.

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The Future Of Myanmar's Rohingya Refugees

7:57am January 21, 2018

Myanmar says it is ready to start receiving Rohingya refugees this week, but will they be safe? Eric Schwartz of Refugees International discusses their return with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Escaping Boko Haram In 'A Gift From Darkness'

7:57am January 21, 2018

Writer Andrea Hoffmann tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro the story of Patience Ibrahim, a teenager captured and brutalized by Boko Haram. Ibrahim and Hoffmann co-authored the book A Gift from Darkness.

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Queen Elizabeth II dances with Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah at a ball in Accra, Ghana, in 1961.

'The Crown' Says One Dance Changed History. The Truth Isn't So Simple

7:00am January 21, 2018

by Tim McDonnell

What the Netflix show gets right — and wrong — about Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ghana in 1961.

Four or five ICE agents apprehended Jose Mares in California in 2017 before he was deported to Mexico. Mares had entered the U.S. illegally when he was 8.

A Dad Separated From His Daughter Resettles Across The Border After Deportation

6:41pm January 20, 2018

by Scott Simon

Jose Mares came to the United States from Mexico when he was 8 years old. Last year, he was deported. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mares about what it's like to be sent back to a country he hardly knew.

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French chef Paul Bocuse, who helped invent a style of cuisine, died on Saturday at his home in France. The French president said chefs were crying across the nation.

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Paul Bocuse, 'Giant' Of French Cuisine, Dies At 91

2:45pm January 20, 2018

by Amy Held

The French president and several celebrity chefs mourned the loss of a man who helped re-imagine French cuisine.

Thai police process suspected wildlife trafficker Boonchai Bach, who was arrested after an X-ray inspection last month of a bag on a flight from Ethiopia revealed the rhino horns.

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Animal Trafficking 'Kingpin' Arrested in Thailand

2:07pm January 20, 2018

by Amy Held

Boonchai Bach is accused of heading a network that dealt in large quantities of poached elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn and other endangered species.

A kamayan is a communal-style Filipino feast, composed of colorful arrays of food that are usually served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.

With A Show Of Hands, Filipino-American Chefs Rekindle Kamayan Feasts

12:43pm January 20, 2018

by Bettina Makalintal

Kamayan is the traditional Filipino way of eating — without utensils. But it's also a generous shared meal of time-honored colorful foods that creates camaraderie. And it's catching on in the U.S.

The world's second-biggest garbage dump is in Brasilia. It has been growing since the 1950s, when city planners failed to factor in proper facilities for trash disposal, and now occupies the equivalent of 250 football fields.

As A Massive Garbage Dump Closes In Brazil, Trash-Pickers Face An Uncertain Future

7:25am January 20, 2018

by Philip Reeves

Authorities are closing a dump on the outskirts of Brasilia. Some 2,000 trash-pickers, who sort and sell recyclables, depend on the dump for their livelihoods — despite the risk of disease and injury.

Scooters head across a bridge in Thailand.

A Drone's Eye View Of The World: Hippos, Palm Trees, Motor Scooters

7:00am January 20, 2018

by Diane Cole

Here are a few of the winners from the 4th International Drone Photography Contest.