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The Official Implementation Of Iran's Nuclear Deal Is Days Away

2:20pm January 14, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

A rare diplomatic victory appears to be rolling ahead: Iran says it's on the verge of fulfilling everything it needs to do to implement the nuclear deal it struck with world powers last July.

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Indonesia's Capital Struck By Suicide Bombers, Gunmen

2:09pm January 14, 2016

Suicide bombers exploded themselves in a Starbucks in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while gunmen attacked a police post. David Greene talks to International New York Times reporter Joe Cochrane.

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Albert Tamanja Bidim, a community volunteer, distributes ivermectin, the tablet that fights river blindness, in the Ghanaian town of Beposo 2.

What A Difference A Drug Makes In The Fight Against River Blindness

2:04pm January 14, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

Two of the 2015 Nobel Prize winners for medicine discovered a drug that is driving down this parasitic disease in Ghana.

A June 2013 photo shows a cell at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Fourteen prisoners have been transferred in the past two weeks, bringing the total number of detainees below 100 for the first time since the facility opened in 2002.

With Latest Transfers, Guantanamo Now Holds Fewer Than 100 Detainees

1:23pm January 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A total of 14 detainees have been transferred to Kuwait, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Oman in the past two weeks. That leaves 93 detainees at the military prison in Cuba.

A unidentified family member (right) of a 10-year-old boy that contracted Ebola has her temperature measured by a health worker outside an Ebola clinic on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, on Nov. 20. Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have now gone 42 da

West Africa Is Finally Declared Ebola-Free — For Now

1:02pm January 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

For the first time since the most recent Ebola outbreak began, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have each reported zero cases of Ebola for 42 days in a row. But the risk of small flare-ups remains.

A damaged Starbucks coffee shop is seen in central Jakarta, after a series of explosions hit a popular shopping area Thursday.

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Terrorists Hit Jakarta, And Indonesians Say "#KamiTidakTakut" — We Are Not Afraid

12:27pm January 14, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Police say at least seven people — including five attackers — were killed. At least one of the civilians killed is believed to be a foreigner.

In Iranian Funds Case, Justices Ponder Extent Of Congressional Influence

7:29pm January 13, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court is considering whether legislators can give away Iranian government funds the U.S. controls, providing legal compensation to victims of specific terrorist attacks sponsored by Iran.

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Division Over Social Issues Threatens Global Split Among Anglican Churches

7:25pm January 13, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the leaders of the Anglican "provinces" to England to discuss the division over social issues, including homosexuality, same-sex marriage and female bishops.

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Cubans Rush To U.S. Ahead Of Potential Changes To Immigration Policy

7:25pm January 13, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Marc Rosenblum, deputy director of U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, about why the U.S. policy for Cuban migrants is different from others.

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European Commission May Strip Poland Of Its Vote Among EU Nations

2:32pm January 13, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The ruling Law and Justice party in Poland has moved swiftly to control the Polish media and curtail the powers of the country's constitutional court. The actions are alarming Polish critics.

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