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Indonesian Authorities Worried About Return Of Islamic Radicals

7:16pm February 24, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

Radicals from Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, have traveled to Syria to join ISIS. Some of them seek to establish a new Islamic state that would extend ISIS's caliphate.

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A Stolen iPhone, A New Connection And Minor Celebrity In China

7:16pm February 24, 2015

Months after Buzzfeed writer Matt Stopera's phone was stolen, new pictures from China started uploading to his photo stream.

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Egyptian Blogger Sentenced Amid Opposition Crackdown

7:13pm February 24, 2015

by Leila Fadel

An Egyptian blogger who was an emblem of the democracy movement was sentenced Monday to five years in prison as the government cracks down on opposition.

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Burmese migrant Thazin Mon Htay and her father Ko Ngwe Htay were trafficked to Thailand to peel shrimp. They worked 16-hour shifts, seven days a week, for less than $10 a day, Ko Ngwe told PBS NewsHour.

Emotional Scars Of Modern Slavery Run 'Deeper Than Any Visible Wound'

6:00pm February 24, 2015

by Linda Poon

Scientists interviewed more than 1,000 men, women and children who were forced into sex work and hard labor. The result is the largest study to detail the health of human trafficking survivors.

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3 Missing Teenage Girls Now In Syria, British Police Say

5:13pm February 24, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The London teenagers boarded a flight to Istanbul on Feb. 17. Police believe the girls traveled to Syria hoping to join up with militants from the so-called Islamic State.

Rajendra K. Pachauri speaks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 11, 2014. He is stepping down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Head Of UN Climate Change Panel Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations

3:51pm February 24, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

Rajendra K. Pachauri's departure from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a big embarrassment for the group, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with former Vice President Al Gore.

An artist's impression of the Qatar Foundation Stadium, one of the venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A FIFA task force recommended today that soccer's showcase tournament be played from late November to the end of December.

FIFA Panel Backs Winter World Cup In Qatar In 2022

3:22pm February 24, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Soccer's World Cup is typically played over the summer, but temperatures in Qatar during that season can exceed 110 degrees. A winter tournament would coincide with the European club season.

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Residents Fear Fighting In Ukraine Will Move To Kharkiv

2:14pm February 24, 2015

Renee Montagne talks to Linda Kinstler of Foreign Policy magazine about bomb attacks in Ukraine. Many people fear this is a sign the war is about the spread in their direction.

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Wilbur Sargunaraj tours the backwaters of Kerala, India.

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India's Kerala Has It All: Beauty, Bananas, Long Life, Girl Power

12:24pm February 24, 2015

by Marc Silver

President Obama praised the Indian state last month for good reason. It's got beaches, backwaters and the country's longest life expectancy and highest literacy rate. Plus, girls outnumber boys!

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ISIS Reportedly Abducts Dozens Of Christians In Syria

11:57am February 24, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The mass abduction took place in rural villages in a portion of Syria that's less than 150 miles west of Mosul, Iraq, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.