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Maame Biney reacts after winning the women's 500-meter A final race during the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating trials in December.

Maame Biney Came To The U.S. From Ghana At 5. Now 18, She's A Team USA Speedskater

8:16pm February 12, 2018

by Melissa Block

Born in Ghana and raised in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Biney is the first African-American woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team. Her father is her biggest fan.

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaks to the media prior to a scheduled court hearing in Kiev last month.

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Ukraine Ejects Ex-Georgian President, Deporting Him To Poland

5:36pm February 12, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Mikheil Saakashvili faces prison time in the country he led for nearly a decade, and Ukrainian officials don't like him either. Now they've deported him to Poland, a move he has called an "abduction."

In August 2014, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talked with Doctors Without Borders staff during a visit to an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia.

Trump Proposes Deep Cuts In Detecting Disease Outbreaks Worldwide

5:29pm February 12, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The budget would eliminate $120 million a year from an ambitious U.S. program that aims to set up an early-warning system for infectious diseases.

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Trial Set To Start For Young Palestinian Activist Who Struck An Israeli Soldier

4:22pm February 12, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

A high profile trial begins on Tuesday in an Israeli military court. The defendant is a Palestinian teenager from the West Bank seen on video slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers. She's being portrayed as a symbol on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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The man was killed near Kruger National Park. Here, a lion and lioness walk along a trail in that park in 2010.

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Suspected Poacher Eaten By Lions In South Africa

2:57pm February 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Police say the animals ate much of the man's body and he is yet to be formally identified. They believe he was a poacher because a loaded hunting rifle was found near the remains.

The environment is central to Bhutan's Gross National Happiness. The Index measures a myriad of issue including attitudes on conservation, pollution and waste. Preserving 60% of Bhutan's forests is enshrined in the constitution to maintain the country ec

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The Birthplace Of 'Gross National Happiness' Is Growing A Bit Cynical

1:46pm February 12, 2018

by Julie McCarthy

Tourists flock to this happy nation and the world has tried to emulate its happiness index. But inside Bhutan, some residents say the country's having difficulty living up to the glowing brand.

Flights from London City Airport, shown here last October, were closed Monday due to an unexploded World War II bomb.

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WWII Bomb Shuts Down Flights At London City Airport

12:26pm February 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The unexploded ordnance, described as a 500 kg German bomb by local authorities, has prompted the cancellation of all flights on Monday from the airport. The bomb was found in the River Thames.

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Ex-Mexican Foreign Minister Sees Some Good In Trump's Immigration Plan

7:33am February 12, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda about President Trump's immigration plan. He says there might be some merit to the plan.

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South African President Jacob Zuma at the G20 leaders retreat in July in Hamburg, Germany.

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Pressure Mounts On South African President Jacob Zuma To Step Down

6:57am February 12, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The African National Congress has been negotiating with the scandal-plagued Zuma to step down for the good of the party, but he insists on serving out his full term, which expires next year.

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ANC Committee Expected To Force South African President Zuma Out

6:39am February 12, 2018

by Peter Granitz

Jacob Zuma's controversial tenure as president of South Africa is about to come to an end, as powerful forces in his governing African National Congress party try to shove him out the door.