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Charles and his bride Xiao Fang met through a social media app where they connected by shaking their smartphones at the same time. NPR's Frank Langfitt met Charles in Shanghai and drove him 500 miles to his family's home in central China for the wedding.

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Modern Love in China: Shaking Your Smartphone To Find Your Soul Mate

9:35am March 31, 2015

by Frank Langfitt

Chinese romance is a mix of old and new, of social networking apps and advice from fortune tellers. NPR's Frank Langfitt drives a groom to his wedding and attends the countryside nuptials.

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Yemenis Pay The Price For Saudi Arabia-Iran Rivalry

11:50pm March 30, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Saudi-led airstrikes continue in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. And as usual, there was no warning. Residents worry that soon the battle will move from the sky to Yemen's soil.

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Cholita, an Andean bear, was abused in a circus in Peru and is now in a small zoo. An animal welfare group has now received permission to take Cholita to a wildlife sanctuary in Colorado, along with more than 30 former circus lions.

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Cholita, An Abused Bear In Peru, Gets A New Home In Colorado

8:48pm March 30, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

An animal welfare group says it now has permission to bring the Andean bear to a sanctuary in Colorado along with more than 30 lions that have been removed from circuses.

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After Reelection Win, Netanyahu Faces Demands From Right-Wing Base

7:09pm March 30, 2015

by Emily Harris

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to form a center-right government following the election. But pressure from President Obama might make Netanyahu back off some campaign pledges.

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Health workers suit up for Ebola duty in Monrovia, Liberia.

Bill Gates Tells The World: Get Ready For The Next Epidemic

6:29pm March 30, 2015

by Marc Silver

In a strongly worded essay in The New England Journal of Medicine, the philanthropist calls for a global system to respond to future medical emergencies. We ask experienced Ebola hands to weigh in.

Iran Talks Shed Light On Nuclear Tensions Between India, Pakistan

6:23pm March 30, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Frank O'Donnell, a doctoral candidate at King's College London, about how nuclear powers India and Pakistan manage their bilateral relationship.

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Bangladeshi Blogger, Known As Free-Thinker, Violently Killed In Dhaka

6:23pm March 30, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Zafar Sobhan, editor of the English-language Dhaka Tribune, for more on the death of a Bangladeshi blogger who was murdered near his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.

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Nigerians Await Results Of Closely-Contested Election

6:23pm March 30, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, assistant secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs at the State Department, about the latest on Nigeria's elections.

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Pakistani activists march in support of the Saudi government at a protest in Quetta on March 30, 2015. Pakistan is the latest country to join a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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Airstrikes In Yemen Intensify, Hit Refugee Camp

5:29pm March 30, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Airstrikes intensified as Houthi rebels advanced on the port city of Aden. Aid agencies say one airstrike killed dozens at a refugee camp, while Yemeni officials blamed rebel shelling.

Shilpi, a cousin of Bangladeshi blogger Washiqur Rahman, is seen outside a morgue at the Dhaka Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday. The blogger was hacked to death Monday morning by three men in the capital, police said.

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Bangladeshi Blogger Hacked To Death; 2 Students Arrested

5:20pm March 30, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Washiqur Rahman's killing comes a month after a deadly attack by Islamists on Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy in the country's capital.