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USAID Steps Up Building Of New Ebola Treatment Units

11:56am September 14, 2014

Dr. Rajiv Shah, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, speaks with NPR's Lynn Neary about the organization's efforts to coordinate a worldwide response to the Ebola crisis.

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Scottish Author: 'We Want Control Over Our Destiny'

11:56am September 14, 2014

Scotland's independence vote is just a few days away. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to the best-selling Scottish novelist Val McDermid about her thoughts on the referendum.

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Islamic State Video Shows Execution Of British Aid Worker

11:56am September 14, 2014

The Islamic State militant group released a video showing the execution of British aid worker David Haines. NPR's Lynn Neary talks with NY Times reporter Steven Erlanger about the U.K. reaction.

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Will Obama's Plan Be Enough To Quell Islamic State?

11:56am September 14, 2014

Last week, President Obama laid out a plan to fight the Islamic State. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to David Rothkopf, CEO and editor of Foreign Policy magazine, about Obama's foreign policy strategy.

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Iraqi troops in Anbar province in June. It's unclear whether Sunnis will join the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State.

U.S. Call To Fight Militants Stirs Bitter Memories For Iraq's Sunnis

11:56am September 14, 2014

by Alice Fordham

President Obama wants Sunnis to join the battle against the Islamic State. But those who helped fight al-Qaida several years ago feel abused by the Iraqi military, and now are not so eager to sign up.

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California Blue Whales On The Rebound, Study Says

11:46am September 14, 2014

California blue whales are rebounding to historic levels after being hammered by whaling, a University of Washington study says. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Trevor Branch, co-author of the study.

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Is It ISIS or ISIL? That Depends On Who You're Asking

11:41am September 14, 2014

by Tom Dreisbach

The White House, Pentagon and the State Department all call the group ISIL, while many news organizations refer to the group as ISIS, and the group itself says it is simply the Islamic State.

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Music & Culture

Jazz Pianist Joe Sample Dies At 75

11:36am September 14, 2014

Sample was a founder of the band the Jazz Crusaders and reportedly played with musicians from Miles Davis and B.B. King to Steely Dan and the Supremes. NPR's Arun Rath has this remembrance.

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ISIS Video Purports To Show Beheading Of British Aid Worker

7:46am September 14, 2014

by Camila Domonoske

The militant group calling itself the Islamic State claims to have killed British aid worker David Haines. The video has been condemned by British prime minister David Cameron and by President Obama.

"I want to grow up and become a police. But I need to study in a good school for that. I want to become a police to protect the country." - Fiza, 13, India

It's All About The Girls: Is The World Listening To Them?

5:17am September 14, 2014

by Linda Poon

More than 500 girls living in poverty have lent their voices to Girl Declaration, a campaign urging world leaders to include the needs of girls in the next set of global development goals.