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Devastating Earthquake Hits Nepal, Kills More Than 1,000

6:23pm April 25, 2015

NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Kunda Dixit, a Nepali Times editor, about today's deadly quake. It caused an Everest avalanche and destroyed ancient monuments in and around the capital, Kathmandu.

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The Armenian Diaspora Remembers And Mourns

6:23pm April 25, 2015

The largest Armenian population in the United States lives in Glendale, Calif. NPR's Arun Rath attended a vigil to commemorate the centennial of mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.

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Turkey's Armenian Artists Honor Their Community's Past

6:23pm April 25, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey is gradually allowing minority populations more avenues of expression, including in the arts. This week, thousands attended a rare and moving Istanbul performance of Armenian music and poetry.

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Dallas Mildenhall, New Zealand's forensic pollen expert, peers at samples through a microscope.

Solving Crimes With Pollen, One Grain Of Evidence At A Time

6:23pm April 25, 2015

by NPR Staff

Dallas Mildenhall is one of the world's few forensic pollen experts. He recently identified a rare, mutated pollen grain that helped police crack a murder case in his native New Zealand.

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Powerful Quake Hits Nepal; Death Toll Rising

3:38pm April 25, 2015

An estimated 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal on Saturday. It's being described as the strongest to hit the country in 81 years. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Kunda Dixit, editor at the Nepali Times.

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Armenian Christian women pray at St. Giragos Church in southeastern Turkey. The restored church, reopened in 2011, is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East.

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Invisible For Generations, 'Hidden Armenians' Emerge In Turkey

2:56pm April 25, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Many Armenian Christians were slaughtered by the Ottomans a century ago, but some survivors were taken in by Muslim families. A growing number are now reclaiming their Armenian heritage.

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Fans wait for Senegal's biggest stars to perform at a free hip-hop festival, held in the capital city of Dakar.

Rap City: Sweat, Hope & Hip-Hop In Dakar

2:30pm April 25, 2015

Around the world, hip-hop gives a voice to the voiceless. Our photo essay spotlights rappers in Senegal, who shout out their frustrations about living in poverty and their dreams of a better future.

File photos from Jan. 2006 show Australian drug traffickers Myuran Sukumaran, left, and Andrew Chan during their trial in Bali, Indonesia. Indonesian authorities are reportedly ready to set an execution date for the pair.

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'Bali Nine' Ringleaders Could Face Indonesian Firing Squad Within Days

12:03pm April 25, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the heroin-smuggling ring, are expected to be given their execution dates on Saturday. Indonesian law requires they receive 72 hours' notice.

Allied troops at the ANZAC Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula, during World War I. Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand fought for nine months but could not defeat the Ottomans. Overall, a half-million were killed or wounded.

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Remembering Gallipoli, A WWI Battle That Shaped Today's Middle East

11:14pm April 24, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

The clash at Gallipoli was one of the most memorable fights of World War I — and one of the most consequential. Its reverberations are still felt to this day in the chaotic Middle East.

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Keith Murdoch, Father Of Media Baron, Disclosed Disaster At Gallipoli

6:55pm April 24, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Australian journalist Peter FitzSimons, author of Gallipoli, about how Keith Murdoch defied military censors and got the word out about how badly the battle was going.

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