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Award-Winning Campaign To Eliminate Prostitution Takes A Dark Approach

5:30pm September 28, 2016

Riccardo Fregoso, executive creative director of McCann Paris, discusses the firm's Clio Award-winning ad called "The Girls of Paradise," which draws potential johns in for a rude surprise.

The U.S. Is Sending 600 More Troops To Iraq

4:56pm September 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter says the increase, which brings the American total to about 5,000, anticipates a major operation to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.

The Uruma city municipal office released this image of a 4th-century copper coin from ancient Rome that was found during an excavation of a castle in Okinawa, Japan.

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Coins From The Roman Empire Are Found In Ruins Of Japanese Castle

4:34pm September 28, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The copper coins were found in 2013; X-ray analysis shows that they bear an image of Constantine the Great.

A boy stands in line for a measles vaccination in the northern Central African Republic. More than half the cases of measles each year are reported in Africa and Asia.

The Americas Are Now Officially 'Measles-Free'

4:30pm September 28, 2016

by Diane Cole

But that doesn't mean no child in the region will ever catch measles again.

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Investigation Points To Russian Role In Downed Malaysia Airlines Jet

4:21pm September 28, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Aric Toler about new details in the international investigation of Flight MH17, which was downed in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Toler works for Bellingcat, which conducts citizen investigative journalism.

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In Recent Violence, Aleppo's Civilians Find Themselves In Regime Cross-Hairs

4:21pm September 28, 2016

by Alison Meuse

The Syrian regime and Russian forces have been bombarding the city of Aleppo, often hitting civilian targets in the process. An attack on a bread line is among the latest.

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Can Russia Be Held Accountable For Weapons That Took Down Airliner?

4:00pm September 28, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jim Lewis, senior vice president and program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about holding countries accountable for weapons transfers.

Pangolin, The 'Artichoke With Legs,' Earns Top Trade Protection

3:45pm September 28, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

World leaders at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species agreed to ban all commercial trade in pangolins, small and endangered mammals that also resemble aardvarks.

The streets of Xiamen in eastern China's Fujian province were submerged by floodwaters brought by Typhoon Megi on Wednesday.

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PHOTOS: Typhoon Megi Slams Into Taiwan And Southeast China

3:26pm September 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The powerful storm forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. At least four people in Taiwan and one person in mainland China were killed.

Members of a joint investigation team present the preliminary results of the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014. The investigators said Wednesday they have confirmed that MH17 was shot down by a Buk missile fire

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Flight MH17 Was Shot Down By Missile Moved From Russia, Investigators Say

9:21am September 28, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A Dutch-led team of international researchers found that a Buk missile shot down Flight MH17 in 2014. Evidence suggests the missile was brought from Russia and fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine.