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Transcript: NPR's Interview With Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat

10:43am March 20, 2015

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent remarks regarding a Palestinian state. Read an interview transcript.

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Transcript: NPR's Interview With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

10:28am March 20, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep on the heels of a win for Netanyahu's Likud Party in parliamentary elections this week. Read a transcript of the interview.

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A Ukrainian serviceman walks in the village of Pisky in the region of Donetsk controlled by Ukrainian forces on Feb. 26.

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Despite Cease-Fire, Skirmishes Carry On Along Ukraine's Front Line

8:50am March 20, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Separatists and their Russian allies are still trading fire with Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine, and casualty counts are rising. The separatists haven't withdrawn heavy weapons, Ukrainians say.

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A sales assistant arranges handbags inside a Chanel boutique at a shopping mall in central Guangzhou, China, in February 2014.

Prices For Chanel Handbags To Rise In Europe, Lower In Asia

8:49am March 20, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Chanel says it is aligning the cost of its handbags worldwide. The move reacts to the depreciating euro and aims to stop people from buying up the classic bags to sell at a profit in other countries.

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The old government buildings and remains of the penal colony in Kingston, the capital of Norfolk Island, located about 1,000 miles northeast of Sydney, in a photo taken in 2006.

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Australia Taking Over Local Government On Tiny, Bankrupt Island

8:47am March 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Norfolk Island, home to descendants of sailors who mutinied on the HMS Bounty in 1789, will be administered from Canberra beginning next year.

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Reporting On The Suddenness Of War In Syria

7:06am March 20, 2015

NPR's Deb Amos and Newsweek's Janine di Giovanni have both covered the Middle East for decades, and Syria since the beginning of the war. As the war enters its fifth year this week, Amos and Di Giovanni look back to how it started, with a quick shift from protests to brutality.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington earlier this month. In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, Netanyahu said a separate Palestinian state is unachievable

Netanyahu Says A Palestinian State Is 'Unachievable' Today

6:55am March 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Israel's prime minister tells NPR he doesn't want a "zero-state solution" that will jeopardize Israel's existence. Separately, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat accuses Netanyahu of "exporting fear."

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Palestinian Negotiator On Netanyahu And A Palestinian State

6:55am March 20, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, about the prospects for peace in light of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's election victory.

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Charles And Camilla's Visit Rekindles Royal Ties To Kentucky

6:55am March 20, 2015

by Rick Howlett

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are wrapping up a four-day U.S. visit with a stop in Louisville, Ky. Louisville has been bustling with preparations, but the city is accustomed to royal visits.

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Nigerian Army Advances Against Boko Haram As Election Looms

6:55am March 20, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigeria's military says that, with the help of regional troops, its forces have retaken key towns captured by Boko Haram. The successes against the ISIS-linked extremist network come little more than a week before a key vote in which President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking re-election. The vote was delayed by six weeks, in part due to insecurity. Many are asking how the army was able to do in six weeks what it has failed to do these past six years.

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