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How Denmark Has Been Reintigrating Former Extremist Fighters

9:59am January 25, 2015

Thousands of foreign fighters have been recruited by ISIS. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Allan Aarslev, a police officer in Denmark, about integrating these fighters back into Danish society.

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To Save Birds, Send A Ship Full Of Rat Poison

9:59am January 25, 2015

by Rachel Martin

A ship has departed for South Georgia Island with enough poison to wipe out the rats that have been decimating the local bird population.

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Threats Build Against Journalists In Afghanistan

9:59am January 25, 2015

A new report by Human Rights Watch details the dangers Afghan journalists face from the Taliban. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Najib Sharifi about the government's failure to protect journalists.

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Mistrust, Anger Holds Guinea Back From Fighting Ebola

9:59am January 25, 2015

Local resistance is hampering the nation's efforts to eradicate the virus by mid-March. Correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton tells NPR's Rachel Martin how health workers are dealing with it.

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Whodunnit? King Tut's Burial Mask Damaged And Glue Didn't Help

9:59am January 25, 2015

by NPR Staff

A mystery is unfolding at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, where someone has reportedly broken off the beard of King Tut's burial mask and attempted to glue it back on.

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The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza party Alexis Tsipras casts his ballot in Athens on Sunday. His anti-austerity party was ahead in earlier polling.

Foe Of 'Fiscal Waterboarding' Leads Going Into Greek Election

4:58am January 25, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

If elected on Sunday, Syriza would be the first anti-austerity party to come to power in the Eurozone. But it would still have to pay off Greece's debt and help the country out of a deep depression.

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Video Purports To Show Beheaded Japanese Hostage

5:02pm January 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The unconfirmed video was released after a deadline to pay a $200 million ransom for the lives of Kenji Goto and Haruna Yakawa passed. It appears to change the Islamic State kidnappers' demands.

Obama's India Visit Arrives At A Moment Of Optimism

4:15pm January 24, 2015

President Obama arrives in India Saturday to visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NPR's Scott Simon talks to India correspondent Julie McCarthy about what the trip means for U.S.-India relations.

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Fighting Spikes Again In Ukraine

4:00pm January 24, 2015

Audie Cornish talks to Kiev-based journalist David Stern about the ongoing fighting in Ukraine.

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In Argentinian Murder Mystery, Prosecutor's Death Spawns Many Suspects

3:32pm January 24, 2015

The death of an Argentinian prosecutor investigating what he said was a government cover-up has the entire country talking. NPR's Lourdes Garcia Navarro tells Scott Simon the latest developments.

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