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What's Turkey's Next Step In Fight Against ISIS?

5:40pm September 22, 2014

by Robert Siegel

Turkey recently secured the release of 49 ISIS hostages. John Kerry said that Ankara had not committed to the coalition against ISIS because they first needed to deal with that hostage situation.

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3 Afghan Army Officers, Who Had Gone Missing, Detained At Canadian Border

2:53pm September 22, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The men are described as senior Afghan army officers who were vetted before being allowed to participate in training exercises. They are not considered a threat, officials say.

Students and teachers attend a rally during the class boycott at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Monday. Thousands of students have braved sweltering heat to demand greater democracy for the territory.

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Hong Kong Students Begin Boycott To Call For Democracy

1:05pm September 22, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The activists plan to stay out of university classrooms this week to protest Beijing's plan to screen candidates for the territory's next chief executive.

At a cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv on Sept. 14, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the 43 Unit 8200 refusniks of "baseless slander" which "should be condemned."

Snowden Reveal Makes Israeli Spies' Protest An American Issue

11:56am September 22, 2014

by NPR Staff

Forty-three veterans of Unit 8200, Israel's secretive surveillance organization, say they were directed to spy indiscriminately on Palestinians. Were they using intelligence gathered by the NSA?

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Syrian Kurds with their livestock wait behind a border fence near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Monday. Some 100,000 Kurds have fled from Syria into Turkey amid intense fighting between peshmerga forces and ISIS.

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Kurds Say They Have Halted ISIS Advance Near Syria-Turkey Border

10:17am September 22, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Peshmerga forces say they are still engaged in fierce battles with Islamic State militants. The fighting has triggered a mass exodus of Kurdish refugees into Turkey.

The Arirang mass festival re-enacts the history of North Korea. The flag depicted in the background was created by audience members holding up cards.

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A Photographic Tour Of A Country That Doesn't Like Cameras

9:28am September 22, 2014

by NPR Staff

Photographer Julia Leeb traveled to North Korea twice on tourist visas and shares her experience with a book of photos called North Korea: Anonymous Country.

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Classrooms across Gaza are crowded with as many as 50 or 60 students, principals say, as dozens of school buildings have been destroyed or damaged, or are still housing people who lost their homes.

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In The Gaza Strip, The School Year Gets Off To A Rocky Start

9:22am September 22, 2014

by Emily Harris

Palestinian kids in Gaza went back to school this past week in buildings damaged by the war, with children homeless and traumatized, and more than the usual overcrowding they face every year.

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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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