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Safeena Husain says: "I educate girls." Her efforts have brought 80,000 Indian girls into school; last week she received a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (above).

She Got 80,000 Girls To Attend School And Won A $1.25 Million Prize

11:07am April 24, 2015

by Marc Silver

A harsh encounter in an Indian village inspired Safeena Husain to found a group called Educate Girls. And now she has been honored with a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

The grave of the 27-year-old Indian woman who died on Monday from head and spinal injuries.

A Young Mother's Death Raises Questions Without Answers

9:15am April 24, 2015

by Wilbur Sargunaraj

The official cause of death was an accident. Friends believe her husband had beaten her. Yet no one will speak up — part of the hush that descends over domestic abuse in India.

Armenians were massacred by forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. In this instance, the heads of the victims were placed on stakes.

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A Century After Atrocities Against Armenians, An Unresolved Wound

8:38am April 24, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed or deported in the violence unleashed by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915. Turkey and Armenia still disagree on how to define these terrible events.

A screenshot of a striptease act at a funeral in February in China's Hebei province.

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China's Latest Target: Funeral Strippers

5:32am April 24, 2015

by Frank Langfitt

In some parts of rural China and in Taiwan, hiring strippers to perform at the funeral of a loved one isn't considered absurd, but a good idea.

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Giovanni Lo Porto, Slain Italian Aid Worker, Loved Pakistan And Its People

5:42pm April 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Lo Porto was kidnapped in January 2012 soon after he returned to work in Pakistan. President Obama announced Thursday that the Italian aid worker was inadvertently killed in January in a U.S. strike.

An Indian National Congress party worker on Thursday pays tribute to Gajendra Singh, a farmer who committed suicide during a candlelight vigil in New Delhi the previous day.

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Indian Farmer's Apparent Suicide Sparks Political Backlash

4:05pm April 23, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

Gajendra Singh was found hanging from a tree at a political rally in New Delhi earlier this week. His presumed suicide has become a cause célèbre for the country's disaffected farmers.

This image made from video released to reporters in Pakistan in 2013 shows Warren Weinstein, the U.S. aid worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaida in 2011. The White House says Weinstein and another hostage were inadvertently killed during U.S. co

Warren Weinstein, American Killed In U.S. Operation, Was Veteran Aid Worker

2:36pm April 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The USAID contractor was kidnapped in 2011 from his home in Pakistan just days before he was scheduled to leave the country. He spent much of his career in some of the world's toughest places.

This Date In History: Wham! (Awkwardly) Opens Doors In China

2:18pm April 23, 2015

30 years ago this month, Wham! became the first Western band to perform in communist China. NPR's Rachel Martin reflects on the anniversary.

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The Nearly Lost Story Of Cambodian Rock 'N' Roll

9:25pm April 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

Before the Khmer Rouge regime, a thriving pop and rock scene adapted Western music heard on U.S. military radio stations. The documentary Don't Think I've Forgotten took 10 years to make.

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Bradley's 'China Mirage' Portrays A Long-Running U.S. Mistake In Asia

8:55am April 22, 2015

Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep talks to author and historian James Bradley, about his his new book, The China Mirage: The Hidden History of the American Disaster in Asia.

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