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Lee Seung-won, 74, considers himself a pro-U.S. conservative, and he believes the ousted South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, was unfairly treated. Park goes on trial Tuesday for corruption. An election to replace her will be held May 9.

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In South Korea's Presidential Election, A Referendum On U.S. Relations

12:23am May 02, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

With their impeached president on trial for corruption, South Korean voters will decide how pro-U.S. her replacement should be — as President Trump and North Korea trade threats of war.

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Workers' gear hangs inside Lobster Trap's facility in Steuben, Maine.

Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S.

10:26am April 21, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.

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Syrian residents of Khan Shaykhun hold signs and pictures on Friday during a protest condemning a suspected chemical weapons attack on their town earlier this week.

In Syria, The News Of U.S. Missile Strike Is Greeted With Ambivalence

5:37pm April 07, 2017

by Alison Meuse

"Our feelings today are mixed between happiness and sadness," a Syrian woman tells NPR. "We're tired inside. We're tired of planes. We want to live a normal life."

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A family sells pastries in Mexico City. As Mexicans' wages have risen, their average daily intake of calories has soared.

How Diabetes Got To Be The No. 1 Killer In Mexico

10:46pm April 05, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

Diabetes has become a public health crisis in Mexico. The government is struggling to pay for care and slow the rate at which people develop the life-threatening metabolic disorder.

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Amnesty International Criticizes U.S.-Led Coalition For Mosul Civilian Deaths

11:38pm March 28, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Donatella Rovera, senior crisis response adviser for Amnesty International, about evidence of American airstrikes destroying houses with entire families inside in east Mosul, Iraq.

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Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada talks during a tribute to his close friend and former South African President Nelson Mandela at Gandhi Hall on Dec. 8, 2013, in Johannesburg. Kathrada died on Tuesday at 87.

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Anti-Apartheid Activist Ahmed Kathrada Dies At 87

9:30am March 28, 2017

by Peter Granitz

South African freedom fighter Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada spent decades in jail with Nelson Mandela. His best friend later in life was one of his prison guards.

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Imam Johari Abdul-Malik (center), of Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Northern Virginia, speaks alongside other leaders of the Muslim community during a December 2015 news conference in Washington, D.C., about growing "Islamophobia" in the United States.

Push To Name Muslim Brotherhood A Terrorist Group Worries U.S. Offshoots

8:35pm March 24, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Some Islamic institutions in the U.S. were founded by brotherhood members or sympathizers. Community leaders say ties with the Islamist movement were cut long ago; conservatives suspect otherwise.

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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, regroup on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor as they advance to encircle the ISIS bastion of Raqqa on Feb. 21.

Big Changes And Major Dilemmas Loom In Next Phase Of ISIS War In Syria

9:21pm March 23, 2017

The U.S. considers deploying hundreds more American troops to Syria in the final phase of the war against ISIS — one that could reshape borders and relationships in the Middle East.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks Wednesday at the meeting of the Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS in Washington. Top officials from the 68-nation coalition are looking to increase pressure on ISIS.

Tillerson: Defeating ISIS 'No. 1 Goal' for U.S., But Others Should Do More

6:41pm March 22, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is hosting officials from 68 countries to discuss how best to take on ISIS. "As a coalition we are not in the business of nation-building or reconstruction," he said.

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A model of a Karl Marx statue was briefly on display in central Trier earlier this month.

German City Accepts Karl Marx Statue From China, But Not Everyone's Happy

11:47am March 22, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Trier, the birthplace of Karl Marx, will display the 20-foot bronze statue, a gift from the communist country. The city receives 150,000 Chinese tourists a year.

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