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Riot Prompts Questions: Is Brazil In Control Of Its Prisons?

7:29am January 05, 2017

by Philip Reeves

This week's prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus was shocking for its brutality — nearly 60 inmates were killed — many beheaded. Prison violence is not uncommon in Brazil.

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Far-Right Candidate Is A Serious Contender In French Presidential Election

7:06am January 05, 2017

National Front leader Marine Le Pen has laid out her plans for France in a speech to journalists. She pledged to "speak for the people" and called for a restoration of "order" in France.

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Omar Al-Awad sits with his daughter Taiba (left) and son Abdul-Jabar in their Toledo apartment in 2015.

In Toledo, Syrian Refugees Are Welcomed Amid A Difficult Immigration Climate

7:32pm January 04, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

In a return visit to an Ohio community that's seen decades of immigration, NPR finds some refugees acclimating while others are warned they might hear "some scary things" said about them.

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These houses in southwestern Haiti were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in October. Matthew was the most serious natural catastrophe in North America in 2016.

Fires, Floods And Earthquakes: New Report Finds 2016 Was Particularly Disastrous

6:33pm January 04, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Last year sometimes felt like one natural catastrophe after another. Now, reinsurer Munich Re says there were some 750 natural disasters, suggesting it was a particularly bad year.

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Israeli Court Convicts Soldier In Shooting Death Of Palestinian Attacker

5:26pm January 04, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

An Israeli court convicted a soldier of manslaughter for shooting to death a wounded Palestinian knife attacker. A video showed the soldier firing on the man who lay wounded on the ground, touching off a nationwide debate.

Josuhe Pagliery grew up playing video games on consoles he says were not common in Cuba. Those games helped inspire him to develop Savior, Cuba's first independent video game.

Amid Isolation, Two Cubans Develop Island's First Video Game

5:26pm January 04, 2017

by Greg Allen

Video game enthusiasts in Cuba face big obstacles with limited access to the Internet. With the opening to the U.S., two young Cubans hope to release the first independent game produced on the island.

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (left) celebrates Mass on his 85th birthday at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 7. Tutu has called for the right to assisted death, which is currently illegal in his country.

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Desmond Tutu Joins Advocates To Call For Right To Assisted Death

5:26pm January 04, 2017

by Peter Granitz

Euthanasia is illegal in South Africa, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has spoken out recently in support of the option to choose. He has long lived with prostate cancer.

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Reporter Recalls Facing ISIS Terrorist In Baghdad Prison

4:39pm January 04, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with reporter Kimberly Dozier, who wrote an article in The Daily Beast about her experience interviewing an ISIS terrorist in a Baghdad prison.

Mexican Officials Taken By Surprise Over Ford's Reversal On Plant

4:39pm January 04, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Ford has cancelled plans for a new plant in Mexico after being slammed by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. He claimed the company was shipping jobs across the border. The car company was planning to invest $1.6 billion in Mexico.

Souleymane Sylla (right) with his lawyer in Paris on Tuesday during the trial of the four British men accused of racist violence towards him in February 2015.

French Court Convicts English Soccer Fans Of 'Racist Violence'

4:30pm January 04, 2017

by Laura Wagner

In February 2015, a group of Chelsea football club supporters were caught on video pushing a black man off a crowded Paris metro as fans shouted, "We're racist and that's the way we like it."