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In Syria, Aid Workers Face Arrest Over Efforts To Reach Besieged Areas

4:25pm May 03, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

Aid workers in Syria face arrest and torture from the government and threats from rebel groups just for trying to get baby food to areas under siege. Two of them tell their stories and plead for help.

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Finland's Postal Service Will Mow Your Lawn

4:25pm May 03, 2016

The struggling postal service in Finland is working to adapt in the technological age by offering non-mail related services, including lawn mowing.

British Labour Party Accused Of Harboring Anti-Semites

4:25pm May 03, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Jonathan Freedland, columnist for The Guardian, about the problems within the British Labour Party and the political left over anti-Semitism.

U.S. Mission In Iraq Called Into Question After Death Of Service Member

4:25pm May 03, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Fred Kaplan of Slate about the American mission in Iraq. President Obama vowed the U.S. would not have a combat role when he sent American forces back to Iraq to fight ISIS.

Women stroll on a Tehran street. Iranians are bracing themselves for extra scrutiny of their dress and behavior when a new, undercover morality police squad is deployed.

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Springtime In Iran Means The 'Morality Police' Are Out In Force

4:02pm May 03, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

As Iranian authorities strengthen the so-called morality police, women are bracing themselves for extra scrutiny of their dress and behavior. Will a new, crowdsourced app help them dodge harassment?

A replica of Capt. James Cook's Endeavour sails into Sydney Harbour in 2012. Researchers believe they may have found the wreckage of the original ship in Rhode Island.

Wreckage Of Capt. Cook's HMS Endeavor May Be In Rhode Island Port

3:48pm May 03, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Researchers think they have located the vessel, later named the Lord Sandwich, that the British explorer sailed to Australia, saying it may have been part of a blockade during the American Revolution.

Sabrina De Sousa, shown here at her Washington home in 2012, is a former CIA officer who was convicted in absentia by an Italian court for the 2003 abduction of a terrorism suspect, cleric Abu Omar, in Milan, Italy. She was detained in Portugal and could

Will An Ex-CIA Spy Go To Prison In Italy?

2:04pm May 03, 2016

by Mary Louise Kelly

Sabrina De Sousa could become the first U.S. official jailed for the CIA's rendition program. She was convicted of helping seize a radical Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003.

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London Mayor Boris Johnson plays a guitar at an event to promote street performances in the city in March 2015. Johnson has broken ranks with Prime Minister David Cameron, a fellow Conservative Party member, by calling for Britain to leave the European Un

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London's Popular And Populist Mayor Makes The Case For Leaving The EU

1:41pm May 03, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

Ahead of a vote, a wild-haired populist has split conservatives. Born rich, he vows to fight for the working class. He points out Obama's Kenyan roots. He's not Trump. He's London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Fillets of salmon, salted and smoked by H. Forman & Son, are destined for the U.S. grocery chain Whole Foods.

Backing 'Brexit,' A Salmon Smokehouse Says It's Been Swimming Upstream

12:49pm May 03, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

Mom-and-pop businesses are considering how a British exit from the EU could affect them. The owner of Britain's oldest salmon smokehouse, who wants out, says EU membership dilutes British culture.

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Moyaad Saad, a 43-year-old former civil servant from Baghdad, feeds his 6-month-old daughter Zahara on their cot in a giant tent at a makeshift migrant camp near the border between Greece and Macedonia. Thousands of asylum seekers are now stuck here after

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As Europe Closes Door To Refugees, Tough Choices For 2 Fathers

12:42pm May 03, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

Thousands are stranded in Greece, on what they'd hoped would be the road to a new life. "I cannot provide for my family," says one father of young children.

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