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After An Education In American Jazz, A Musician Tackles The Turkish Songbook

4:52pm February 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

A Turkish jazz guitarist is converting Turkey's pop songs into popular jazz, the way American jazz musicians stylized tunes from the Great American Songbook.

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Visual Feast: If The World's Major Cities Were Made Of Food

4:42pm February 23, 2015

by Tove Danovich

A charming photo series called BrunchCity re-creates metropolises in miniature, with famous local noshes as part of the architecture.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter (center left) is greeted with a military honor guard as he arrives to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday.

Defense Secretary Carter Hints At Slowing U.S. Exit From Afghanistan

3:51pm February 23, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Ashton Carter, on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, said he was there to assess the situation on the ground and indicated that a "rethinking" of the U.S. troop withdrawal timetable was possible.

An Iraqi child who fled fighting between the so-called Islamic State and Kurdish peshmerga is among the some 3,000 people living at the Baharka camp, near Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on Jan. 16.

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Brutal ISIS Tactics Create New Levels Of Trauma Among Iraqis

3:47pm February 23, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The self-styled Islamic State has made a practice of public beheadings and other horrific acts of violence. It's taking a huge toll on Iraqis, only a fraction of whom are getting the help they need.

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Runway Collections Inspired By Vibes From '60s And '70s

3:36pm February 23, 2015

Renee Montagne looks back at the best of New York Fashion Week with Deborah Needleman, editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and looks forward to what will hit the European runways.

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Under heavy rain, people take part in a "Marcha del silencio" (March of Silence) Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, one month after the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman.

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Minor Characters Take The Stage In Argentina's Real-Life Murder Mystery

3:33pm February 23, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

The shooting death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood thriller. It has provided rich material for the conspiracy-minded in Argentina.

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Latest Ukraine Cease-Fire Ends Before It Begins

2:48pm February 23, 2015

The cease-fire that was supposed to halt fighting between Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government has not taken hold. NPR's Scott Simon talks to former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder.

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Kerry In Geneva For Latest Nuclear Talks With Iran

2:38pm February 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

The latest round of nuclear talks regarding Iran have begun in Geneva. The U.S. and Iran are trying to iron out their differences ahead of a March 31 deadline for a framework on a potential deal.

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Out Of The Shadows, TV Star Shines A Light On Immigration

1:52pm February 23, 2015

by Michel Martin

Actress Diane Guerrero now stars on shows Jane the Virgin and Orange Is the New Black. But when she was a teenager, her parents were deported. She tells NPR's Michel Martin how it shaped her life.

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Violent Extremism About Methods More Than Ideas

1:39pm February 23, 2015

Audie Cornish speaks with counterterrorism expert Peter Neumann, who attended the White House extremism summit, on the paths to radicalization in Europe.

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