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Pakistani Activists Mourn Slain Human Rights Proponent

7:42am April 27, 2015

by Philip Reeves

Last week in Karachi, gunmen killed prominent Pakistani women's rights activist Sabeen Mahmud. She also founded a cafe/bookstore. At a literature festival in Islamabad, colleagues mourned the loss.

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Civilians Condemn Airstrikes For Creating Humanitarian Crisis In Yemen

12:32am April 27, 2015

by Alice Fordham

Yemenis whose lives have been torn apart by factional fighting and the Saudi-led bombing campaign hope for relief.

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To Escape Military Service, Thousands Of Young Eritreans Flee To Europe

12:23am April 27, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Dan Connell, visiting researcher at the Boston University African Studies Center, about the large number of young people emigrating to Europe from Eritrea.

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Chagossians weep at the grave of their parents on Peros Banos Island April 10, 2006. Fifteen elders are allowed to visit once a year.

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Islanders Pushed Out For U.S. Base Hope For End To 40-Year Exile

11:52pm April 26, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Britain forced thousands off Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island, in the '70s to make way for a U.S. military base. For 40 years residents have fought to return. Now they have a growing chance.

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A Nepalese resident sits near buildings severely damaged by an earthquake on Kathmandu on Sunday.

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Powerful Aftershock Jars Kathmandu; Nepal Quake Toll Rises

10:44pm April 26, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

A magnitude-6.7 aftershock rumbled the Nepalese capital and sent people running for open ground Sunday morning.

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Iran To Try 'Washington Post' Journalist With Economic Spying

9:24pm April 26, 2015

News reports from Iran say Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian will be tried for espionage, 10 months after his arrest. Renee Montagne talks to Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari.

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Cardin, right, confers with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. during a committee markup meeting on the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran Tuesday.

Helping Bridge Congress' Iran Divide, Sen. Ben Cardin Moves Into Spotlight

9:24pm April 26, 2015

by Ailsa Chang

After an unexpected promotion, Cardin has become the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee just as it is crafting a role for Congress to weigh in on the Iran nuclear deal.

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American journalist Ned Parker (foreground) is the Reuters bureau chief in Baghdad. He fled Iraq last week after receiving threats in response to reports on human rights abuses by Shiite militias allied with Iraq's government. He's shown here at Iraq's Fo

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An American Journalist Explains Why He Had To Flee Iraq

9:04pm April 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

Ned Parker has covered Iraq for more than a decade. But the Reuters bureau chief abruptly left the country last week after a report of human rights abuses prompted threats from a Shiite paramilitary.

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Everest Climbers Hit By Deadly Snow, Rock After Nepal Quake

8:47pm April 26, 2015

Many climbers are currently trapped on Mount Everest following the earthquake in Nepal. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Outside Magazine Senior Editor Grayson Schaffer about the rescue efforts.

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Malta's Coast Guard Rescues Migrants — And Feels The Strain

6:34pm April 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

For more than a decade, the Mediterranean island nation has responded to distress calls from desperate migrants hoping to reach safety. The difference now is in the numbers.

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