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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Cancels U.N. Trip Amid Rohingya Crisis

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is cancelling her trip to the United Nations General Assembly next week. The de facto ruler of Myanmar and one-time democracy icon is facing widespread criticism for not stopping atrocities against a minority Muslim population.

British Government Puts $15 Billion Fox-Sky Takeover On Hold

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by David Folkenflik

A British minister is putting up a big obstacle to a $15 billion deal involving the Murdochs, questioning their leadership and commitment to fairness in the wake of scandals at Fox News and other parts of their media empire.

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YouTube Inadvertently Erases Syrian War Videos In Purge Of Extremist Propaganda

4:31pm September 13, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Sarah El Deeb of the Associated Press about YouTube's effort to get rid of extremist propaganda videos from its website. The effort has inadvertently erased thousands of videos that document the Syrian war. Human rights advocates say such documentation could have been used as evidence in future war crime trials.

Bill Gates Predicts 'What's At Stake' With Proposed Trump Foreign Aid Cuts

4:29pm September 13, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The Gates Foundation has released projections showing the impact on new cases of HIV and issues like child mortality if there's a global drop in foreign aid.

Journalist Says: In North Korea, Talk Of War And Nuclear Weapons Is 'Everywhere'

2:08pm September 13, 2017

New Yorker writer Evan Osnos visited North Korea in August to understand what they really mean when they talk about nuclear war. He found that nuclear weapons are an essential part of their society.

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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has insisted that unspecified "terrorists" and not the country's military are targeting the Muslim Rohingyas, who have been fleeing the country for weeks.

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Aung San Suu Kyi To Skip U.N. Meeting As Criticism Over Rohingya Crisis Grows

1:57pm September 13, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The Myanmar leader has garnered international opprobrium for her handling of what the United Nations and watchdog groups say appears to be a genocide against the country's Muslim minority.

Explaining U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

8:05am September 13, 2017

North Korea poses the thorniest security threat to the United States. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton talks with David Greene about U.S. policy.

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News Brief: Trump's Tax Overhaul Push, Irma's Damage, Russia Goes After NGO

8:05am September 13, 2017

The White House is deep in the midst of a tax overhaul push. Also, we look at the damage from Hurricane Irma and Russia's investigation of a watchdog group called the SOVA Center.

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Mexican Women Look For Alternatives To Cesarean Sections

8:05am September 13, 2017

by Jonathan Levinson

Mexico has one of the highest cesarean section rates in the world. But as well-trained midwives become more available, natural birth is coming into vogue.

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Russia Investigates NGO For 'Undesirable' Links

5:02am September 13, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Prosecutors in Moscow are investigating a group that reports on hate crimes in Russia, after it disclosed its links with groups the Kremlin considers to be "undesirable organizations."