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Parisians Strive For Normal; Don't Want Attacks To Defeat Them

6:01pm January 07, 2016

David Greene talks to Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director for the French newspaper Le Monde, to commemorate one year since the Charlie Hebdo attacks. And in November, there was an ISIS-linked attack.

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Iran Offers A Rare Peek At An Underground 'Missile City'

5:59pm January 07, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Iran's Revolutionary Guards invited television cameras to have a look at what appeared to be long-range ballistic missiles, which have been a source of recent tension with the U.S.

Alabama Sues U.S. Government Over Plans For Syrian Refugee Settlement

5:03pm January 07, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Gov. Robert Bentley says the federal government failed to consult the state regarding refugee placement. Alabama is the second state to sue the government over the resettlement issue.

Stock Trading In China Halted After Stocks Plunge For A Second Day

5:03pm January 07, 2016

For a second day this week, stock trading in China was suspended. David Greene talks to Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism, about the turmoil in the Chinese stock markets.

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An investor rests in front of a dark electronic board at a Beijing brokerage house after China suspended trading Thursday for the second time this week.

U.S. Markets Slump After Chinese Stocks Plunge; China Suspends 'Circuit Breaker'

4:51pm January 07, 2016

by Bill Chappell

With U.S. stock prices already seeing their worst three-day opening for a year since 2008, China's trading day lasted less than 30 minutes Thursday.

Foreign Investors Fear Global Consequences Of Chinese Economic Uncertainty

4:13pm January 07, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Jamie Metzl, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, about what is going on with China's economy. Chinese and foreign investors feel uncertain about it, so many are trying to get their assets out of the country.

Security officers and other people walk next to damaged cars at the site where a truck bomb exploded at a security training camp on Thursday in the northwestern coastal city of Zliten, Libya.

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Truck Bomb At Libyan Security Training Camp Kills Dozens

3:46pm January 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

It's one of the deadliest attacks in Libya since the 2011 ouster of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Bribes paid by runner Liliya Shobukhova are at the center of an ethics inquiry, according to the IAAF, track and field's governing body.

IAAF Bans Its Former Doping Chief And Former Head Of Russia's Athletic Federation

3:45pm January 07, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The case centers on doping violations by Russian long-distance runner Lilya Shobukhova "and the exaction of monies from her as the price to pay for enabling her" to compete.

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On Anniversary Of Attack In Paris, Police Shoot Threatening Suspect

3:11pm January 07, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

It's been a year since the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Tensions are high in Paris on Thursday after police confronted a man said to be wielding a knife and possible explosives.

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Baby "NeoNatalie" waits to be saved, as Dr. Mark Hathaway gives NPR's Malaka Gharib a lesson on getting an infant to take its first breath.

So Here's What You Shouldn't Do When Trying To Revive A Newborn

2:37pm January 07, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

I figured I'd slap the baby's bottom. Wrong! Luckily I got a lesson from trainers who teach birth attendants in the developing world.