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Pakistan Not Fans Of India's Parading While Obama Present

12:14pm January 27, 2015

by Philip Reeves

Pakistanis have never liked watching the Indians parade their mighty rockets on their Republic Day, but the spectacle of them doing so in the company of U.S. president is causing many furrowed brows.

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Greece's Left-Wing Prime Minister Takes Charge

12:14pm January 27, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as Greece's new prime minister, but there are doubts about whether he can fulfill his campaign promise to increase public spending while ending austerity measures.

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Looking At How Greece's New Government Will Fare In Eurozone

12:14pm January 27, 2015

As Greece's Syriza party takes charge, NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute For International Economics, about what this means for Greece and the Eurozone.

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Kurds in Istanbul wave the flags of the outlawed PKK on Monday after Kurdish fighters backed by U.S.-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group out of Kobani, Syria.

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Backed By U.S.-Led Coalition, Kurds Take Kobani From ISIS

12:12pm January 27, 2015

by Alison Meuse

The Syrian town was not seen as militarily important, but Islamic State propaganda bumped it up the list of targets.

A soldier from the Swedish army participates in a military exercise at Hagshult Airbase in Sweden in November.

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Russian Threats Expose Europe's Military Cutbacks

11:27am January 27, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

A series of military confrontations and growing tensions between Western Europe and Russia show how ill-prepared European countries are after years of cutbacks.

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Obama Wraps Up Visit To India

11:27am January 27, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

After three days, President Obama ended his visit by urging Indians to safeguard the rights of women and of religious freedom.

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Critics Worry Nuclear Reactor Deal With India Has A Dark Side

11:27am January 27, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

The administration says the reactors are good for the climate, good for American industry and for strengthening ties with India. But some worry the deal also has a dark side.

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LRA Rebel Commander Appears Before International Criminal Court

11:27am January 27, 2015

At a hearing in The Hague, Dominic Ongwen faced war crime charges. As the top Ugandan rebel commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, he's accused of forcing child soldiers to beat, maim and kill.

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Mourning In Riyadh: Obama Visits New Saudi King To Offer Condolences

11:27am January 27, 2015

by Scott Horsley

President Obama has stopped in Saudi Arabia on his way home from India. He's meeting with the new Saudi king. Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Scott Horsley, who is traveling with the President.

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Pakistani soldiers escort students as they leave the Army Public School in Peshawar on Jan. 12. The school has reopened after last month's attack by the Pakistani Taliban that killed more than 130, most of them teenage students.

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After The Slaughter, A Pakistani School Seeks To Heal

9:00am January 27, 2015

by Philip Reeves

In northwest Pakistan, a school has reopened after last month's Taliban attack that killed more than 130. Most of the survivors chose to come back, but the healing will take years, they say.

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