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Presidential Rivals In Afghanistan End Dispute

7:15am September 22, 2014

by Sean Carberry

A power-sharing deal announced over the weekend ends the long dispute over who will lead Afghanistan. Afghan election officials announced that Ashraf Ghani is the country's next president.

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Canadian Surfers Ride Chocolate River's Waves For Miles

7:15am September 22, 2014

by Murray Carpenter

A muddy river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick is developing a reputation for its waves. A pair of surfers set a distance record, riding the wave of a tidal bore up the Petitcodiac River.

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Turkey Sees Influx Of Refugees Fleeing ISIS

8:31pm September 21, 2014

Thousands of terrified Kurds are fleeing ISIS and seeking refuge in Turkey. Some 100,000 people have moved across the border in the last two days. NPR's Arun Rath speaks to correspondent Deb Amos.

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Ugandan LGBT Activist Recommended For Asylum In U.S.

8:31pm September 21, 2014

by Tom Dreisbach

John Abdallah Wambere applied for asylum in the U.S. after Uganda passed a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. His application has now been recommended for approval, pending a background check.

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Survivors and relatives of victims carry Kenya's national flags on the anniversary of last year's deadly attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya's capital of Nairobi.

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One Year After Kenyan Mall Attack, Few Answers Have Emerged

5:07pm September 21, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The people behind a vicious attack were identified as Islamist militants from Somalia, but few other details about the incident have been made public.

A Syrian family waits near the Turkish-Syrian border after entering Turkey near the town of Sanliurfa Sunday. An estimated 70,000 Syrian Kurds have fled the extremist group the Islamic State this weekend.

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Thousands Of Refugees Flee Syria In Chaotic Scene At Turkey's Border

4:53pm September 21, 2014

by Bill Chappell

While a U.N. agency reported about 70,000 refugees this weekend, a Turkish official says 100,000 Syrians have entered Turkey in the past week. Fighters from ISIS are closing in on the border.

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The Turmoil In Scotland, Expressed By Its Poets

4:17pm September 21, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

Scotland has a proud national tradition of poetry. Days after a historic referendum on independence, we look at how poems by Scottish writers can help us better understand this moment.

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Men and women in their traditional Bavarian clothing enjoy the atmosphere at the Augustiner Beer tent after the Parade of Costumes and Riflemen (Trachten- und Schuetzenzug) in Munich. The 181st Oktoberfest will be open to the public from September 20 thro

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For Oktoberfest-Goers In Munich, A Parade And A Party

1:46pm September 21, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Munich kicked off this year's Oktoberfest Saturday, beginning festivities in which the city expects to host 6 million visitors. For the first time, beer prices are above 10 euros per liter.

U.S. Launches Media Campaign To Counter ISIS Videos

11:43am September 21, 2014

The Islamic State is posting graphic violent images on social media to recruit fighters. NPR's Wade Goodwyn speaks with the State Department's Alberto Fernandez about the U.S.'s aggressive response.

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Syrian Refugees Flood Turkish Border

11:15am September 21, 2014

Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are fleeing fighting between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State militants. NPR's Wade Goodwyn speaks to correspondent Deb Amos from the border about the crisis.

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