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Police Identify Suspects In Paris Attack That Killed 12

11:57am January 08, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Authorities in Paris are searching for two brothers who are accused in Wednesday's brazen attack on a satirical magazine. The prosecutor's office says a third suspect has turned himself into police.

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When he was 11 years old, James Arinaitwe boarded a bus with a crazy plan: Sneak into the president's house and beg for a high school scholarship.

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Education Plan: Sell Goat, Ride Bus 300 Miles, Sneak Into Prez's House

10:43am January 08, 2015

by Tanya Basu

Getting into high school was a long, strange journey for 11-year-old Ugandan orphan James Arinaitwe. It started when his grandmother sold the family goat to pay for shoes and a bus ticket.

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12 People Dead After Attack On French Satirical Magazine

10:14am January 08, 2015

Robert Siegel talks to Jamey Keaten, Paris correspondent for the Associated Press, about the latest from Paris after 12 people were killed in an attack on a satirical magazine's offices.

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A health worker, wearing personal protective equipment, returns to her ambulance after transporting a patient to the Hastings treatment center outside Freetown. The center is the only one run exclusively by locals.

A Case Of Mistaken Identity Sends Healthy Boy To An Ebola Ward

9:55am January 08, 2015

by Anders Kelto

An ambulance in Sierra Leone is sent out to pick up a suspected patient. But after two wrong turns and several stops for directions, it arrives at the home of a 14-year-old boy with no signs of Ebola.

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A Case Of Mistaken Identity Sends Healthy Boy To An Ebola Ward

9:54am January 08, 2015

by Anders Kelto

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After Mass Killing In Paris, People Take To The Streets

9:50am January 08, 2015

Twelve people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were killed Wednesday when 3 gunmen stormed the offices in Paris. Renee Montagne talks to John Irish, a reporter in the Reuters Paris bureau.

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Paris Attack Stuns World, Free Speech Advocates

9:48am January 08, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director and a columnist for the French newspaper Le Monde about Wednesday's murderous attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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A hand-drawn map on the wall of a rural clinic shows health workers where a woman with Ebola may be hiding.

As Ebola Pingpongs In Liberia, Cases Disappear Into The Jungle

9:47am January 08, 2015

by Kelly McEvers

A woman is thought to be spreading Ebola in a remote village. So health workers spend four hours trekking through the bush to track her down. By the time they make it, it's too late.

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Authorities Search For 2 Suspects In Paris Attack

9:44am January 08, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

Police have a man in custody after he surrendered to authorities. He was wanted in relation to Wednesday's attack on the Paris offices of a satirical weekly. The two central suspects remain at large.

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Stephane Charbonnier, the editor of Charlie Hebdo, poses with his magazine on Sept. 19, 2012. The magazine, which was attacked today, is part of a long tradition of French satire.

'Charlie Hebdo,' A Magazine Of Satire, Mocks Politics, Religion

7:48am January 08, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The publication that was the target of a deadly attack is part of a long tradition of French satire dating to the days before the French Revolution.