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Morning News Brief: Venezuelan Protests, Georgia Runoff, Egypt

5:07am April 19, 2017

Venezuelan activists are calling for mass protests on Wednesday. Also, Sabrina Siddiqui of The Guardian talks about Georgia's runoff election, and an Egyptian-American aid worker has been released.

In a 2013 photo, visitors leave St. Catherine's Monastery, a major religious tourism site in southern Sinai. Gunmen attacked a checkpoint near the monastery Tuesday, killing one security officer and wounding four.

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Gunmen Attack Popular Religious Tourism Site In Sinai

8:36pm April 18, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Egyptian authorities say no tourists were involved but one security officer was killed and four others injured. The ancient monastery is about 130 miles from the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh.

An official photograph dated April 15 and posted by the Navy shows the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in an Indonesian strait thousands of miles south of North Korea.

That 'Armada' Heading To North Korea? Actually, It Sailed South

5:45pm April 18, 2017

by Philip Ewing

The narrative last week was that the U.S. and its allies in the western Pacific were gearing up to confront North Korea. But a strike group that was reportedly on its way isn't anywhere near there.

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War Crimes Archive Reveals Early Evidence Of Holocaust Death Camps

5:32pm April 18, 2017

After almost 70 years, evidence used to prosecute Nazi-era war criminals has become public. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Dan Plesch, one of the few outside researchers who's seen this archive.

Esther Afua Ocloo, a microfinance champion and a Ghanaian entrepreneur, is the star of today's Google Doodle.

How Did A Jam Queen From Ghana Get To Be A Google Doodle?

4:59pm April 18, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

Esther Afua Ocloo, a microfinance champion who got her start making marmalade, is the star of today's Google Doodle.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May Calls For Early Election

4:33pm April 18, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with George Parker, political editor for the Financial Times, about British Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call an early election in the United Kingdom, in order to shore up political backing for Brexit negotiations.

Iraqi civilians evacuated from fighting in Mosul hand their IDs to a member of Iraqi special forces to check if they're on a list of suspected ISIS members. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have been fighting ISIS in the city for six months and more than 300,000

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As Iraqi Forces Encircle Mosul, ISIS Unleashes New Level Of Brutality On Civilians

4:33pm April 18, 2017

by Jane Arraf

More than 300,000 civilians are still trapped in northern Iraq's Mosul. ISIS has kept them there as human shields to prevent the U.S. and Iraq from launching airstrikes and mortars against them.

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Trump Congratulates Turkish President Erdogan On Winning Referendum

4:33pm April 18, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council and former U.S. representative to NATO, about U.S. interests in Turkey after the referendum vote to give Turkish President Erdogan sweeping powers.

A New Vote On Brexit Resurfaces Racial Anxieties Among Black Brits

3:41pm April 18, 2017

by Ismail Einashe

Brexit has made many black people question their place in British society, and the snap election may yet heighten their anxiety.

Vice President Pence and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso leave the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday. Pence said the U.S. and Japan had launched talks that could eventually result in a bilateral trade

In Japan, Vice President Pence Pushes For Bilateral Trade Deal

3:05pm April 18, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump's administration has rejected the Trans-Pacific Partnership and is seeking one-on-one talks. Japan, meanwhile, has indicated it wants to push ahead with TPP — with or without the U.S.