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Russia's Involvement In Syria Worsens Migration Crisis, Zannier Says

3:02pm May 20, 2016

Tensions are rising inside the E.U. over issues of migration and Russia. Renee Montagne talks to Lamberto Zannier, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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A member of Doctors Without Borders looks out over the general hospital in the Central African Republic's capital city, Bangui, in April 2014.

Doctors Without Borders Suspends Work In Parts Of Central African Republic

2:46pm May 20, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The group says armed men killed a staff member during an attack on a convoy that lasted more than 40 minutes. It's one of many recent attacks worldwide on the group's staff.

Planes sit on the tarmac at Cairo's airport Thursday after an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board.

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Egyptian Military Says EgyptAir Flight 804 Debris Found Off Coast

11:42am May 20, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Authorities had reported finding wreckage from the plane Thursday but later retracted those claims. The debris found Friday is said to include passenger belongings but not flight data recorders.

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Egyptian Officials Cite Possible Terrorism In EgyptAir Crash Investigation

10:11am May 20, 2016

by David Schaper

Investigators caution it is too soon to jump to conclusions about what brought down an EgyptAir flight over the Mediterranean Wednesday night. But there are early indications terrorism played a role.

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Could A Lighthouse Have Prevented South China Sea's Latest Flashpoint?

10:01am May 20, 2016

by Michael Sullivan

After U.S. bases in the Philippines closed in the early '90s, a lighthouse on Scarborough Shoal was meant to help protect the country from regional aggression. But that project was never completed.

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Funeral Home Billboad Urges Motorists To Text And Drive

7:38am May 20, 2016

When irate motorists went to the Internet to check out the funeral home, they discovered it didn't exist. The billboard was a cleverly disguised PSA which warns against texting and driving.

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen smiles at the crowd on Friday during her inauguration in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Taiwan Inaugurates First Female President

7:29am May 20, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Tsai Ing-wen's party has previously pushed for formal independence from mainland China. But in her inauguration speech, she didn't mention the dispute over the "one-China" policy at all.

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Debris From EgyptAir Flight 804 Found In Mediterranean

7:21am May 20, 2016

France has sent warships, aircraft and aviation investigators to help find the cause of Thursday's crash of EgyptAir flight 804. The flight vanished from radar screens over the eastern Mediterranean.

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Russia Hires PR Firm Burson-Marsteller To Help Spin Doping Scandal

6:46am May 20, 2016

Russia's track and field program is banned from international competition because of a doping scandal. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Gene Grabowski, a former partner with Burson-Marsteller.

Aviation Expert Highlights Security Challenges In Aftermath Of EgyptAir Crash

11:32pm May 19, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Peter Goelz, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator who worked with the Egyptian government in 1999 after an EgyptAir plane crashed into the Atlantic.

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