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Explosion In Heart Of Istanbul's Tourist Area Kills 10

9:16am January 12, 2016

Turkey's president blamed the blast on a suicide bomber with links to Syria. David Greene talks to Erdal Karatas, a waiter at Pasha Restaurant, which is about 200 yards from where the blast happened.

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'Sizable Explosion' Hits Tourist Neighborhood In Istanbul

8:14am January 12, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

The blast in one of Turkey's most famous tourist neighborhoods, near the Blue Mosque, killed at least 10 people. A person who just came out of the mosque said "people were running in every direction."

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Drug Lord's Arrest Creates New Tensions In U.S.-Mexico Relations

6:32am January 12, 2016

David Greene talks to Ana Maria Salazar, a ex-U.S. drug enforcement official at the Pentagon, about what the arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman might have on the drug war and relations with Mexico.

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Deadly Explosion Rocks Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square

6:16am January 12, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Sultanahmet Square is adjacent to the Blue Mosque and is a major tourist site. At least 10 people were killed, according to Turkish officials.

Sean Penn Faces Backlash Over 'Rolling Stone' Story On 'El Chapo'

11:37pm January 11, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The actor Sean Penn is facing criticism over his interview with the drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman for Rolling Stone. But some of the criticism may be misdirected.

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One of the banana plants in the collection at the USDA's Tropical Agriculture Research Station in Puerto Rico. It's just one of many banana collections around the world that might just hold the key to stopping a fungus's deadly reach.

Our Favorite Banana May Be Doomed; Can New Varieties Replace It?

9:11pm January 11, 2016

by Dan Charles

The Cavendish banana and other beloved varieties are threatened by a fungus that's spreading around the world. Scientists are trying to find new varieties that will be resistant to the disease.

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International Convoy Reaches Besieged Area Of Syria

9:03pm January 11, 2016

A convoy carrying United Nations food and health aid reached besieged areas of Syria on Monday, after graphic images of starvation in the town of Madaya appeared in media around the world. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Abeer Etefa, senior regional communications officer at World Food Programme, about the convoy.

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Extradition Of 'El Chapo' Could Take Years, So Why Does The U.S. Want Him?

6:51pm January 11, 2016

The extradition of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán to the United States could take years. NPR explores why the U.S. wants him and what is known about his time as a fugitive.

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Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria, colored enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These motile bacteria are the cause of melioidosis, a tropical disease spread through contaminated water and soil. The bacteria can infect the skin, causing inflammat

This Germ Can Live Decades In Distilled Water, Kill Humans In 48 Hours

4:14pm January 11, 2016

by Angus Chen

It causes melioidosis, whose yearly death toll of 90,000 is about the same as for measles. But the disease hasn't been on the global health radar — until now.

"I trust her, she is a very open person," Vladimir Putin said of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here at last month's climate talks in Paris. But, he told the German daily Bild, "she is also subject to certain constraints and limitations."

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In Interview, A Confrontational Putin Takes On NATO

3:13pm January 11, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

"It is not borders and state territories that matter," Putin told the German tabloid Bild, "but people's fortunes."