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At Least 100 People Dead After Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti

7:10pm October 06, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

Reports are beginning to surface from Haiti's southwest coast, which received a direct hit from Hurricane Matthew earlier this week. The storm left the region cut off for days. Thousands of homes have been destroyed, and at least 100 people are reported dead.

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, and Federica Mogherini, high representative of the European Union at a press conference on Wednesday after a two-day conference on Afghanistan.

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EU Will Send Afghans Back To An Increasingly Violent Home Country

6:12pm October 06, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

A deal with the Afghan government paves the way for European countries to deport tens of thousands of asylum seekers back to Afghanistan, even as the security situation there worsens.

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Photographer Witnesses Death On A Migrant Boat

6:06pm October 06, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Aris Messinis, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, about his photographs showing the African migrants who died on the way to Italy after being crushed in boats.

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Medical Shortages Lead To Avoidable Deaths In Venezuela

6:06pm October 06, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Associated Press correspondent Hannah Dreier about how shortages of medicine, medical supplies and services are causing avoidable deaths in Venezuela.

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Police In India Arrest Hundreds In IRS Scam

6:06pm October 06, 2016

Hundreds of people were arrested in India in a scam ring that called people in the U.S., threatening them with arrest if they didn't pay them cash to clear alleged IRS debts.

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U.K. Faces Challenges In Negotiating New Trade Deals After Brexit

5:58pm October 06, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

British Prime Minister Theresa May has prioritized controlling immigration, which leaves the U.K. facing the challenge of striking new trade deals without experienced negotiators.

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Poachers killed this black rhinoceros for its horn with high-caliber bullets at a water hole in South Africa's Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park. They entered the park illegally, likely from a nearby village, and are thought to have used a silenced hunting rifle. Bl

Rhino Horn: The Most Valuable Appendage In Illegal Wildlife Trade

5:57pm October 06, 2016

by NPR Staff

Journalist Bryan Christy estimates the wholesale market for rhino horn is a quarter of a billion dollars. Customers think the horn has healing powers. Criminal syndicates take the money.

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Pakistan Toughens Penalties For 'Honor' Killings

5:19pm October 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Pakistani lawmakers have passed a new law closing a loophole that has allowed perpetrators of so-called "honor" killings to go free. Now, they will face a mandatory 25-year jail sentence.

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Colombia Returns To Drawing Board After Peace Deal Failure

4:34pm October 06, 2016

by John Otis

Colombia returned to the drawing board after a widely celebrated and highly touted peace deal with leftist guerrillas failed at the ballot box. It was a sharp rebuke to those convinced it would win widespread voter support.

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Ancient, whole female cannabis plants discovered in a tomb in northwestern China.

Trove Of Cannabis Plants Found In Ancient Tomb In China

2:55pm October 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"Medicinal and possibly spiritual or at least ritualistic Cannabis use was a widespread custom among Central Eurasian peoples during the first millennium before the Christian era," the scientists say.