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With Limited U.S. Troops, Afghan Forces Take The Brunt In Fight Against Taliban

8:08am May 25, 2015

Renee Montagne talks with U.S. Army General John Campbell, about how Afghan forces are faring against the Taliban now that they are fighting combat missions largely on their own.

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Obama Administration Forced To Defend Strategy Against ISIS In Iraq

8:08am May 25, 2015

by Mara Liasson

On this Memorial Day, the Obama administration finds itself defending its foreign policy strategy in Iraq where the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has captured the city of Ramadi.

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A statue of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, depicts her as pregnant with her famous son. It's part of a monument to Alexander's family in Skopje, the Macedonian capital.

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To Build Up Its Historical Image, Macedonia Is Going Baroque

3:23pm May 24, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Macedonia is one of the poorest countries in Europe, but it's been on a building spree that includes elaborate buildings and hundreds of statues, including an enormous one of Alexander the Great.

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A portrait of Capt. William Kidd at the Museum of London Docklands, in east London, shown in 2011.

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Silver Found Off Madagascar Thought To Be From Capt. Kidd's Treasure

2:27pm May 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Scottish sea captain was hanged as a pirate in 1701. He is known to have sailed to the small island of Sainte Maire off Madagascar in 1698.

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Malaysia Finds Gravesites In Camps Used By People Smugglers

1:43pm May 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The gruesome discovery of the sites thought to contain dozens or possibly hundreds of remains of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, follows a similar find this month across the border in Thailand.

As ISIS Expands Its Control, U.S. Policy Is Questioned

11:15am May 24, 2015

The so-called Islamic State captured two strategic cities recently: Ramadi, Iraq, and Palmyra, Syria. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins about the U.S. strategy toward ISIS.

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Activists Cross The DMZ In Controversial Peace Demonstration

11:15am May 24, 2015

Famed American feminist Gloria Steinem has taken her activism to the border between North and South Korea. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Elise Hu about the demonstration aimed at reunifying two nations.

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (center) gestures next to Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis (left) and Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Minister Nikos Voutsis. Voutsis says Greece may miss its next debt payment.

Greece Warns That It Will Probably Miss Next Month's Debt Payment

10:17am May 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis says a $1.76 billion payment due next month "will not be given and is not there to be given."

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Love — And Legalization — Is In The Eire For Irish Same-Sex Couples

9:49pm May 23, 2015

Ireland voted today to legalize same-sex marriage, making it the first country to do so by popular vote. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Irish journalist Daniel McConnell about the results.

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Notes On A Month Spent Embedded In Afghanistan

9:49pm May 23, 2015

by Arun Rath

Producer Rebecca Hersher is just back from a monthlong reporting trip to Afghanistan. She talks to host Arun Rath about her experience.

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