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An Afghan army soldier frisks a man who claims to be an Afghan policeman. After questioning, and producing an ID, he was released. None of the 10,000 U.S. military personnel are present as the Afghan army fights in the eastern province of Nangahar, a noto

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On Its Own, The Afghan Army Takes The Fight To The Taliban

1:48pm April 28, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The Afghan army is now fully in charge of combat operations. NPR's Tom Bowman heads out on a mission with troops as they engage the Taliban in one of its strongholds near the Pakistani border.

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An elderly Japanese woman carries water past a home destroyed several days earlier on Jan. 17, 1995, by a powerful earthquake centered in Kobe, Japan. More than 6,000 people were killed and destruction was widespread, but the city was rapidly rebuilt.

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Measuring Earthquakes With More Than Just One Scale

1:34pm April 28, 2015

by Greg Myre

Earthquakes seem to be at their cruelest when striking developing nations like Nepal. A research center has tried to calculate how vulnerable nations are based on their resources and coping skills.

A Nepalese man checks his cellphone as people stay on open ground from fears of earthquake tremors in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday.

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How Tech Firms Are Helping People In The Nepal Earthquake Zone

11:16am April 28, 2015

by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Tech and telecom companies stepped up with much needed services. Facebook and Google offered tools to help those in the region let family and friends know they're OK. Other firms cut calling costs.

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Google Announces Partnership With Newspapers In Europe

11:12am April 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Last December, Google shut down its Google News page in Spain, after the country threatened steep fines for aggregator sites that don't pay newspapers.

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Quake's Effects Compounded By Poor Infrastructure, Political Issues

8:09am April 28, 2015

Subhash Ghimire, editor of the Nepalese newspaper Republica, says earthquake victims are growing frustrated by the slow response to help them. He says part of the problems are logistics and politics.

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Hundreds of migrants have found support at the mess hall of the Caritas help center in Catania, where one volunteer says the crisis is pitting the poor against the poor, referring to homeless Italians and the newly arrived migrants.

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For Europe-Bound Migrants, Desperation Outweighs Risks

8:14pm April 27, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

At a charity center in Sicily, survivors of the dangerous sea crossings from Libya to Italy face legal and economic limbo and a frosty welcome. But it's still better than the places they fled.

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Death Toll Continues To Rise After Devastating Earthquake Hits Nepal

8:14pm April 27, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Some harrowing stories are emerging about people who are trapped among the rubble from the massive earthquake that hit Nepal this weekend.

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Kathmandu Residents Work To Help Communites Ravaged By Earthquake

8:14pm April 27, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with residents of Kathmandu, Nepal, about Saturday's earthquake and their attempts to help communities recover from the disaster.

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Authors Criticize Pen America's Decision To Honor 'Charlie Hebdo' Survivors

8:14pm April 27, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Some prominent authors are critical of the PEN American Center's decision to honor Charlie Hebdo staffers, saying the magazine denigrated the oppressed French Muslim population.

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(Left) Nepalese devotees participating in a procession of chariots of god and goddess Ganesh, Kumari and Bhairav during the last day of the Indrajatra festival at Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 22, 2013. (Right) The ruins on the Durbar Square

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LOOK: Historic Nepal Sites Before And After The Quake

7:06pm April 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The human toll of the weekend disaster is overwhelming, but the temblor also damaged some of Kathmandu's historic structures.