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Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from comedian to icon of democracy. This is how he did it

6:20pm February 20, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

As Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, expectations were low for Ukraine's president. But Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confounded both his allies and his enemies with his performance.

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"What makes me hopeful about women's rights in Afghanistan is that women themselves, they have their own voice," Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's ambassador to the U.S., tells NPR.

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Afghan Ambassador Roya Rahmani: 'We Will Not Be Going Back To The Time Prior To 2001'

12:31pm March 08, 2019

by Gabriel Dunatov

Roya Rahmani is Afghanistan's first woman ambassador to the U.S. "What makes me hopeful about women's rights in Afghanistan is that women themselves, they have their own voice," she tells NPR.

This undated photo provided by former Fox News correspondent Adam Housley and his wife, actress Tamera Mowry-Housley, shows their niece, Alaina Housley, a Pepperdine University freshman who was among those killed in the Wednesday shooting at the Borderlin

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'This Is Going To Be Absolutely Heart-wrenching': The Thousand Oaks Shooting Victims

9:46pm November 08, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Not all the victims' names have not been released but among those confirmed are three men and a woman. They range from 18 to 33 — a reflection of the crowd drawn to the bar's "College Country Night."