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Police In Hong Kong Clear More Barricades From Protest Areas

9:15am October 14, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

Traffic has begun flowing freely through some major arteries after police cleared barriers set up by pro-democracy protesters. For more than 2 weeks, demonstrators have blocked key business districts.

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Egypt's Conservative Society Further Burdens Poor Working Women

8:00am October 14, 2014

by Leila Fadel

Egypt's economy is faltering and prices are skyrocketing as people struggle to put food on the table. Up to 30 percent of homes have female breadwinners, and they are the most vulnerable economically.

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Vatican Report Conciliatory Toward Gays, Unmarried Couples

8:00am October 14, 2014

An assembly of Roman Catholic bishops calls for the church to welcome gays, unmarried couples and those who have divorced. Steve Inskeep talks to Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter.

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Counterdemonstrators in favor of LGBT rights wear pink triangles, reminiscent of those homosexuals were forced to wear in Nazi concentration camps.

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For Italy's Gay Rights Advocates, It's 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back

8:19pm October 13, 2014

by Sylvia Poggioli

Italy lags behind other EU states in guaranteeing equal rights for homosexuals. Gay couples have no legal recognition or adoption rights, and a bill that would make homophobia a crime has stalled.

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Islamic State Fighters Gain New Ground In Iraq's Anbar Province

6:07pm October 13, 2014

by Alice Fordham

Airstrikes by the U.S. and its allies continued in Iraq on Monday, aimed at pushing back fighters from the so-called Islamic State.

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A Palestinian worker checks a truck loaded with bags of cement as it crosses into southern Gaza from Israel last year. Israel has restricted cement supplies to only specific projects.

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Amid Tight Restrictions And Rubble, A Cement Shortage In Gaza

5:15pm October 13, 2014

by Emily Harris

You're not supposed to be able to buy cement commercially in Gaza, but some is being sold illicitly. The material is crucial for replacing homes and shops destroyed in the summer war.

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Unusual Candidate Could Be The First Immigrant Mayor Of Berlin

5:02pm October 13, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Palestinian-born Raed Saleh is one of three contenders running to fill the remainder of the term of the current mayor, a controversial figure who is resigning.

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Battlefronts In Kobani Don't Break Cleanly Along Ethic Or Sectarian Lines

4:58pm October 13, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey has declined to intervene in the fighting, in part because the defenders are largely Kurdish. There are also Sunni Muslims joining the Kurds to fight ISIS.

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Economics Nobel Awarded For Work On Regulating Big Businesses

4:58pm October 13, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

French economist Jean Tirole studies oligopolies — markets that are controlled by a handful of powerful, interdependent companies.

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From Microsoft To Mercedes, Foreign Companies Under The Gun In China

4:58pm October 13, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

Doing business in China is getting tougher for some foreign companies. In the past year, Chinese government regulators have raided their offices, claiming to investigate monopoly practices.

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