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Clearer Than Bureacratese: Airport Official Replies To Politician In Klingon

8:25am July 15, 2015

When a member of the Welsh National Assembly asked a nearby airport about possible UFO sightings, he got a polite response — issued in perhaps the least-diplomatic-sounding fictional language.

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Negotiators Reach Deal On Iran's Nuclear Program

7:18pm July 14, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

NPR looks at what's in the nuclear deal with Iran and the mood in Vienna.

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After Nuclear Deal, Iranian Oil Could Flow At Molasses Pace

7:18pm July 14, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Iran holds the fourth-largest oil reserves in the world, and the nuclear deal could mean millions oil barrels flowing into an already saturated market, pushing the global price down further.

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Both Iran, U.S. Took 'Leap Of Faith' In Coming To Nuclear Agreement

7:18pm July 14, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Vali Nasr, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, about the Iran nuclear deal.

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U.N. Security Council Prepares To Implement Iran Nuclear Deal

7:18pm July 14, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The United Nations Security Council will take up resolutions to implement the nuclear deal with Iran as soon as next week.

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Sen. Ben Cardin: Iran Nuclear Deal Still Raises 'A Lot Of Questions'

7:18pm July 14, 2015

Congress is set to begin reviewing the nuclear deal with Iran. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the agreement.

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Obama Shortens Prison Terms For 46 Drug Offenders, Vows More Commutations

7:03pm July 14, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

All of those whose sentences were commuted would have gotten lighter prison terms under new sentencing guidelines. The White House says the they aren't hardened criminals and deserve a second chance.

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In Congress, A Mixed Reaction To Iran Nuclear Deal

6:22pm July 14, 2015

by David Greene

World leaders struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program, and President Obama delivered a statement from the White House.

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Ginsburg: Liberal Justices Make A Point To Speak With One Voice

4:38pm July 14, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

Being in one opinion is important, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday. "If you want to make sure you're read, you do it together, and you do it short," she said.

President Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement about the nuclear deal reached between Iran and six major world powers during an address from the White House on Tuesday.

The Latest On Iran Deal: Obama Says Deal Provides New Way Forward

3:03pm July 14, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

In a speech from the White House, President Obama said that quite simply this deal keeps Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.