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President Trump signs an executive order alongside Vice President Pence administration officials. One of the documents Trump signed that day was a memorandum reinstating the "Mexico City policy."

Other Countries Aim To Fill Aid Shortfall Caused By U.S. Abortion Rule

5:54pm February 09, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

A few weeks ago President Trump reinstated a policy blocking U.S. foreign aid from going to any group that "promotes" abortion. Canada and several EU countries have signed on to offset those cuts.

The wreckage of a car in one of the main streets of the Rose des Vents district in the Paris suburbs on Feb. 7.

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Demonstrations Continue Around Paris Over Alleged Sexual Assault By Police

4:42pm February 09, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

A man says police officers beat him and raped him with a truncheon last Thursday night. Four police officers have been charged, and demonstrators have taken to the streets over the incident.

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Kenyan Court Rules Government Must Not Close Refugee Camp

4:39pm February 09, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

A Kenyan court has ruled the government must not close the world's largest refugee camp, which houses some 300,000 people, many of them from Somalia.

General Requests Thousands More Troops To Break Afghanistan 'Stalemate'

4:39pm February 09, 2017

by Tom Bowman

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson, tells the Senate that the U.S.-led mission is in a "stalemate." He says the Taliban gained 15 percent more ground in 2016 and that "a few thousand" more NATO trainers are needed.

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Students Seek To Recreate Ancient Beer Recipe Discovered In Pottery Vessels

4:39pm February 09, 2017

Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old beer recipe by studying the residue of pottery vessels found in an excavated site in northeast China. Now Stanford University students are recreating the recipe.

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Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe arrives to speak to reporters following a meeting with Donald Trump in November.

In Talks With Trump, Japan's Shinzo Abe Will Seek To Smooth Economic Tensions

4:39pm February 09, 2017

by Elise Hu

After President Trump's taunts about Toyota and Japanese currency, Japan's prime minister arrives for talks in which he's expected to propose billions in infrastructure investment in the U.S.

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Kailua (center), son of slain civil police officer Mario Marcelo de Albuquerque Espirito, is comforted during his father's funeral on Wednesday in Serra, Espirito Santo state, Brazil. Mario Marcelo de Albuquerque was shot to death when he tried to impede

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Wave Of Deadly Violence Hits A Southern Brazilian State With Police Off The Streets

4:22pm February 09, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Family and friends of the police are blocking access to stations to protest low pay and poor conditions. It's day six, and the state is seeing soaring murder rates and looting.

Fragments of jars that contained stolen scrolls, found in a cave in cliffs near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in Israel.

Archaeologists Excavate 12th Cave They Say Once Housed Dead Sea Scrolls

2:45pm February 09, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

A team from the U.S. and Israel says it has found evidence that another cave in Qumran was used to store the ancient manuscripts dating back to the time of Jesus.

A woman farmers harvests pearl millet in Andhra Pradesh, India. Millets were once a steady part of Indians' diets until the Green Revolution, which encouraged farmers to grow wheat and rice. Now, the grains are slowly making a comeback.

A Forgotten Group Of Grains Might Help Indian Farmers – And Improve Diets, Too

2:00pm February 09, 2017

by Kavitha Rao

Once a staple in India, millets have fallen out of fashion in recent years. Now, faced with water shortages, one Indian state is re-introducing these drought tolerant cereals to people's diets.

A young boy eyes his options at Nice Cream.

Why Shark's Ice Cream Wants To Put Nice Cream Out Of Business

1:25pm February 09, 2017

by Ashoka Mukpo

The Liberian owner of Shark's Ice Cream thinks Nice Cream, owned by a Lebanese businessman, should be shut down. What's her argument?