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Dutch Investigation Concludes MH17 Shot Down, But Assigns No Blame

8:14am October 13, 2015

The final report into the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines MH-17 is being released in the Netherlands. It confirms that the plane was shot down by a missile, but doesn't place blame.

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U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels Receive Influx Of Weapons

8:14am October 13, 2015

The war in Syria could be edging toward an all-out proxy war between the U.S. and Russia. That's according to an article co-authored by Anne Barnard, the Beirut Bureau Chief for The New York Times.

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Iran State TV Says U.S. Journalist Jason Rezaian Has Been Convicted

5:53pm October 12, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

A spokesman for Iran's judiciary did not reveal details of the verdict. It's the latest development in a case that's been marked by secrecy.

Mustafa Abdul Saleh (at right front), a 20-year-old Kurd from Syria, confers with a Kurdish interpreter (left), during his trial in Szeged, Hungary. Saleh passed through a hole in the razor wire fence that Hungary has built on its border with Serbia. Brea

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Hungary Steps Up Arrest And Deportation Of Migrants

4:56pm October 12, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

While Hungarian authorities are transporting some migrants directly to Austria, they are also arresting others for illegal entry — and deporting them after brief court proceedings.

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Inside The Crackdown To Stop Migrants, Before They Reach U.S. Border

4:13pm October 12, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique's Journey, about her New York Times story on Mexico's campaign to keep Central American migrants from the U.S. border.

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Turkey Lays Blame For Bombings On ISIS, As Elections Approach

4:04pm October 12, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Nearly 100 people died in bombings targeting a peace rally this weekend in the capital of Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has laid the blame for the attack with the Islamic State.

The entrance to the main building of Japan's iconic Hotel Okura in Tokyo. An outcry from architectural preservationists couldn't stop the demolition to make way for a high-rise tower.

Workers Are Tearing Down Tokyo's Hotel Okura, And History's Going With It

12:21pm October 12, 2015

by Elise Hu

The landmark Hotel Okura's design didn't meet the need for more rooms for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Now, an icon of Japanese mid-century modern architecture will disappear.

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, seen here in a teleconference last month, has been under a constant police guard outside Ecuador's London embassy since June of 2012.

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London Police Stop Watching Ecuadorean Embassy For Sign Of Assange

11:38am October 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

After three years and more than $15 million, Scotland Yard says it's removing the guards that have waited outside the Ecuadorean Embassy for a chance to arrest the WikiLeaks founder.

About 20 people wave anti-immigrant placards and flags at a Jobbik rally last Tuesday in Szentgotthárd, a rural factory town near Hungary's border with Austria.

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A Race To The Far Right In Hungarian Politics

11:19am October 12, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Hungary's ruling party has co-opted the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the far-right Jobbik Party. The result: Poll numbers surge for the government as voters feel no need to support the fringe.

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A professor at Princeton University since the 1980s, Angus Deaton has won this year's Nobel in economics for his work on poverty and consumption.

Nobel Prize In Economics Is Awarded To Angus Deaton Of Princeton

10:54am October 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"I'm absolutely delighted," says Angus Deaton of Princeton University. He won for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare," the Nobel Committee says.