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Valdelice Da Silva Dias Salum, 77, says she channels the spirits of famous painters to create her artwork.

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Brazil's Mediums Channel Dead Artists. Is It Worship Or Just Delusion?

4:53pm August 14, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Mediums say they can tap into the spirits of famous artists and authors to create new works. In other countries, it might be called fraud. In Brazil, it's considered a form of religious worship.

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Immigration Officials Arrest 50 Suspected Of Human Rights Violations

4:01pm August 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the suspects are believed to have been involved in torture and aiding regimes that carried out ethnic cleansing.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after delivering an address marking the 70th anniversary of World War II's end for his country. Abe noted Japan's continued grief over the war, but he also said future generations shouldn't be compelled to apologize

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Japan's Abe Notes Regret And Past Apologies In WWII Speech

3:17pm August 14, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Abe stopped short of renewing apologies extended by his predecessors, and he said he doesn't want future generations to be "predestined to apologize" for the war.

Meihua and her parents shared a room at a temporary school following the earthquake. She's shown here with her mother in 2009, a year after the quake.

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Rebuilding A Life Shattered By An Earthquake In China

2:49pm August 14, 2015

by Melissa Block

NPR's Melissa Block was in China when a major earthquake hit in 2008. As she wraps up her time as host of All Things Considered, she reconnects with a Chinese girl who has overcome great challenges.

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Sisters Francine and Fernanda Gravina have German, Italian, African and indigenous ancestry.

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Dark-Skinned Or Black? How Afro-Brazilians Are Forging A Collective Identity

2:34pm August 14, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In Brazil, people have tended to describe themselves by skin color rather than race. But that's all changing, as the country's black pride movement gains traction.

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In a speech on Monday, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said his compatriots failed to protect Cecil the lion.

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Zimbabwe's President Blames 'Vandals' For Killing Cecil The Lion

2:33pm August 14, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

President Robert Mugabe made his first public statement about the lion, saying his compatriots must protect their country's natural resources from foreign "vandals."

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras looks at his watch as he speaks to a marathon parliamentary session in Athens on Friday. A bitterly divided Parliament approved a draft bailout agreement with international lenders.

In Long, Raucous Session, Greek Parliament OKs Draft Bailout

1:55pm August 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The approval came despite a rebellion within the ranks of the ruling leftist party over harsh austerity measures imposed in exchange for the $93 billion deal.

黄梅花, 18岁. 在2008年中国西南方的毁灭性地震中失去了膝盖以下的双腿。今年将要开始高中的最后一年, 这个地方让她学会英语, 参加 SATs (美国高考)并且希望有机会能在美国或者加拿大念书。

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重塑因地震而破碎的生活

1:01pm August 14, 2015

by Melissa Block

NPR记者Melissa Block曾在2008年的5月全程报道了在中国西南方那场极具毁灭性的地震,有将近90,000人失踪或失去生命。现在,是她在All Things Considered （面面俱到/时事纵观）主播生涯即将落下帷幕的时候,她决定重新连线这个女孩儿,这个在逆境中克服重重难关并出落成少女的梅花。

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High-Level U.S. Delegation To Make First Trip To Cuba Since 1961

12:52pm August 14, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Kerry goes to Cuba to see the flag raised at the U.S. embassy in Havana. Among the guests are former Marines who took the U.S. flag down in 1961 when the countries broke relations.

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GPS Locates True Greenwich Meridian Line

12:52pm August 14, 2015

For years visitors have stood on the stainless steel Greenwich Meridian Line. Scientists say that marking was in the wrong place because distortions caused by gravity weren't taken into account.

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