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ISIS Takes Control Of Ramadi, Key Iraqi City

9:00am May 18, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The so-called Islamic State, also known as Isis, seized Ramadi after government forces left their positions. The action came despite U.S. airstrikes and efforts of Iraqi ground forces to repel ISIS.

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Displaced Iraqis from Ramadi rest before crossing the Bzebiz bridge as they flee toward Baghdad on Saturday.

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Islamic State Claims Capture Of Iraqi City Of Ramadi

12:06am May 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Islamist extremist group says it has seized all of the city in Anbar province, but some Iraqi officials say parts of it are still under the control of government-backed militias.

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Islamic State Claims To Have Seized Iraqi City of Ramadi

8:56pm May 17, 2015

NPR's Arun Rath speaks with international correspondent Alice Fordham, who has reported extensively from Iraq and is following the situation from Beirut.

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Wiretapping Scandal In Macedonia Unleashes A Political Backlash

8:56pm May 17, 2015

Thousands of anti-government protestors took to the streets in Macedonia's capital today. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Financial Times reporter Andrew Byrne about the scandal that has sparked the unrest.

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Abuse Allegations Against French Soldiers Raise Troubling Questions

8:20pm May 17, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The U.N. Human Rights official who gave French authorities a report detailing abuse claims at a Central African Republic camp, is back at work. He faces questions about whether he broke protocol.

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Yae and Ren were married during Tokyo's Rainbow Pride Weekend in April. One Tokyo ward, or neighborhood, has recognized same-sex marriages, becoming the first place in Japan — or anywhere in East Asia — to do so.

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The First Place In East Asia To Welcome Same-Sex Marriage

8:10pm May 17, 2015

by Elise Hu

Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district has become the first place in Japan – and all of East Asia — to recognize same-sex partnerships. It raises the possibility other parts of Japan will follow.

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Nemtsov Report Alleges Russian Military Forces Fought In Ukraine

8:05pm May 17, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

A report begun by Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov before his murder in February has been published in Moscow. It makes detailed allegations about direct Russian military involvement in the war in Ukraine, which is something the Kremlin has always denied.

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Caroline Williams is a community organizer in New Kru Town, a suburb of Monrovia. Here's how she got her message through to Liberians about preventing Ebola: "We talk to them, talk to them, talk to them. At last they started listening to us. All the metho

Block By Block, Health Workers Lead Liberia To Victory Over Ebola

7:56pm May 17, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

People accused them of making everyone sick and threw water at them. But community volunteers pushed on, knocking on doors to stop the virus's spread. On May 9, Liberia was declared Ebola-free.

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Thousands Of Rohingya Migrants Stranded At Sea After Fleeing Myanmar

7:41pm May 17, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Thomas Fuller of The New York Times about the several thousand Rohingya migrants who fled Myanmar. No country will take them in, and they are adrift at sea.

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Egyptian Court Sentences Ousted President Morsi To Death

7:41pm May 17, 2015

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the London Times correspondent in Cairo, Bel Trew.

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