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Thousands of pro-democracy activists on Sunday take part in a democracy march to Central, demanding universal suffrage in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Activists Stage New Protest

8:08pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Organizers say 13,000 showed up for the rally, far fewer than had joined previous protests against China's insistence on hand-picking candidates for the territory's next chief executive.

Ukrainian soldiers are seen in an armored vehicle topped with a Ukrainian flag near the city of Artemivsk, in the Donetsk region, on Sunday.

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Heavy Fighting Resumes In Eastern Ukraine As Truce Talks Collapse

8:05pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Russian-backed rebels are shelling a strategic rail hub in the Donetsk region a day after cease-fire discussions fell apart.

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Egypt Frees 1 Of 3 Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists

7:52pm February 01, 2015

by Steve Mullis

Australian journalist Peter Greste was detained in December 2013 and imprisoned in June. He is being deported, but the fate of his two colleagues is unknown.

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Examining The Role Of Citizen Journalism In Mexico

6:19pm February 01, 2015

The rise and fall of citizen journalism in the cartel-controlled parts of Mexico is deeply chronicled by writer Eric Benson in the latest Texas Monthly Magazine. He sits down with NPR's Arun Rath.

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Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Jan. 15 shows a letter he said was sent in 2013 to Interpol informing it of an agreement reached with Iran's government to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association that killed

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Argentine Official Says He Sought Cooperation With Iran, Not Cover-Up

3:35pm February 01, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman says he met Iranian officials as part of the effort to find out who was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

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Cumberbatch Wants Britain To Pardon Men Convicted Under Anti-Gay Law

3:21pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Oscar-nominated star of the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game has joined actor and comedian Stephen Fry in calling for a blanket pardon of 49,000 men punished under long-defunct law.

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As In Greece, Voters In Spain Appear Ready To Oust Conservatives

11:39am February 01, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Thousands of supporters of the Spanish anti-austerity party, Podemos, marched through Madrid on Saturday. Polls show they could defeat Spain's mainstream parties in elections this year.

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Jordan Waits On Fate Of Its ISIS Prisoner

11:39am February 01, 2015

The prisoner swap between the self-proclaimed Islamic State and Jordan is at a standstill. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to reporter Taylor Luck about how Jordanians are reacting to the hostage situation.

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Video Appears To Show Beheading Of Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto

7:10pm January 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The SITE Intelligence group has acquired footage that appears to show the execution of the Japanese journalist a week after another Japanese hostage was killed by the so-called Islamic State.

In Aug. 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg,(right) mourn during a farewell ceremony for Putin's first judo coach, Anatoly Rakhlin, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Close Friend Of Putin Awarded Contract For Crimea Bridge

7:02pm January 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The span, to be built across a narrow strait that separates Russia from the newly annexed peninsula, is pegged at $3 billion and scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.