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Iraq Has New Leadership, Al-Malaki Will Step Aside

7:36am August 15, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to step down. Maliki said he is not seeking a post in the new government and that he supports the nomination of Haider al-Abadi to succeed him.

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Russian Aid Convoy Parked Near Ukraine Border

7:36am August 15, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

A humanitarian aid convoy from Russia has reached the border with Ukraine. Russia is suspected of using the convoy to extend its influence there. Ukraine is battling a pro-Russian rebellion.

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China's Wanda Group Branches Out Into Entertainment

7:36am August 15, 2014

A Chinese company this week made a play to become what could be likened to The Walt Disney Company of China. Steve Inskeep talks to Clifford Coonan, Asia bureau chief for The Hollywood Reporter.

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Panama Canal Symbolizes U.S. Geopolitical, Technological Power

7:36am August 15, 2014

Steve Inskeep talks to Harvard professor Noel Maurer about the Panama Canal which opened 100 years ago. One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, it connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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HitchBOT Makes Its Way Across Canada

7:36am August 15, 2014

A college professor sent a robot hitchhiking across Canada. He put HitchBOT by the side of the road with its thumb out. People pick up the robot and take it to its next destination.

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Kenyan health officials take the temperatures of passengers arriving at the Nairobi airport on Thursday. Kenya has no reported cases of Ebola, but it's a transportation hub and so is on alert.

A Virtual Outbreak Offers Hints Of Ebola's Future

8:07pm August 14, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

As the Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, it is also unfolding — in a virtual sense — inside the computers of scientists trying to predict how far the outbreak will spread and when it will end.

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Kenyan Health Workers Fear Ebola May Take Flight

6:35pm August 14, 2014

by Gregory Warner

Kenya's international airport is on high alert, since the Kenya Medical Association has called on the national airline to suspend flights due to concerns over the Ebola outbreak.

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An African migrant infant is handed off by a member of the Red Cross to a member of the Spanish coast guard in the port of Tarifa on Tuesday.

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A Surge Of Migrants At The Border ... Of Spain

1:08pm August 14, 2014

by Lauren Frayer

Spain is dealing with its biggest migration crush in decades. More than 1,200 people this week alone have landed on the country's Mediterranean coast in flimsy rafts and boats.

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Northern Iraq Burdened With Military, Humanitarian Crises

8:33am August 14, 2014

Steve Inskeep talks to Tom Bowman about the U.S. thinking on the humanitarian crisis. David Greene gets an assessment of the U.S. military's re-engagement in Iraq from retired Gen. Michael Barbero.

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Liberia Becomes Epicenter Of West Africa Ebola Crisis

8:02am August 14, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Liberia is now the nation reporting the highest number of new cases in the region. It was also a traveler from Liberia who last month carried the Ebola virus to Nigeria and sparked the outbreak there.

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