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In India, New Year Begins With Brazen Assault Near Border With Pakistan

8:21am January 04, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

An audacious attack over the weekend by militants on an Indian air base near the border with Kashmir comes as India's prime minister launched a peace initiative.

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A elderly patient with chronic debilitating back pain receives a bottle of liquid morphine during a home visit from a representative of Hospice Africa Uganda.

How Uganda Came To Earn High Marks For Quality Of Death

3:00pm January 03, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

It took a British doc, a simple recipe for liquid morphine and a lot of re-education.

One of the trendiest videos in India in 2015? This comedy sketch on Indian weddings.

You've Heard Of The Nae Nae. But What About Na Goore?

5:16am January 02, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Viral videos come from every corner of the planet. Here's a look at some of the year's most popular YouTube videos from the developing world.

Anusha Gurung (left) and her friend Illa Gurung take part in a New Year's dance competition in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Health & Safety

Nepal's Gurung Community Says Goodbye To A Trying Year

4:32pm December 31, 2015

by Danielle Preiss

Two earthquakes, a delayed constitution and unrest on the Indian border: The Year of the Monkey can't come soon enough.

The most-viewed Goats and Soda stories of 2015.

Our Most Popular Stories Of 2015: Back Pain, Periods And Taylor Swift

3:59pm December 31, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Here's what our audience loved hearing and reading about.

Highflying 'Emerging Markets' Had Their Wings Clipped In 2015

6:29pm December 30, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

A weakening commodities market, hindered largely by the slowdown in China, has hurt economies in Latin America, Africa and elsewhere.

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Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge plays Halima, a 13-year-old who suffers from fistula, in the movie Dry.

A Nigerian Actress Had An Unlikely Dream: Make A Movie About Fistula

12:40pm December 30, 2015

by Glendora Meikle

Fistula, an injury that can result from childbirth, causes incontinence. Health groups supported the idea of a film, but nobody wanted to back it. That didn't stop Stephanie Linus from making Dry.

Father Albert San Jose of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish was suspended by his diocese after a video emerged of him riding a "hoverboard" scooter during Mass in the Philippines.

Catholic Priest Apologizes For Riding 'Hoverboard' During Church Service

10:16am December 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Father Albert San Jose became something of a viral hit after video was posted online of him riding a self-balancing scooter through the aisles, singing "May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You."

World News

ISIS New Year's Eve Bombing Plot Foiled in Turkey, Officials Say

8:39am December 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The attackers were targeting Ankara, according to the chief prosecutor's office, two months after a pair of suicide blasts killed more than 100 people at a peace rally.

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Pakistan Ends Another Year With A Horrifying Attack

7:33am December 30, 2015

Dozens were killed in a suicide attack on Tuesday. In 2014, gunmen stormed a school and killed more than 140 people.Renee Montagne talks to author Mohsin Hamid about what the country is going through.

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