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The pillars at Gobekli Tepe resemble those at Stonehenge — but predate them by several thousand years.

In Southeast Turkey, A Long History Of Bloodshed And Worship

7:46pm October 24, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

A vast plain near Syria is no stranger to military carnage. But a place known as "Potbelly Hill" holds ruins built in ancient times, possibly for ritual purposes, long before organized religion.

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A Haitian woman holds cherries from a coffee tree. Haiti's coffee trade was once a flourishing industry, but it has been crippled by decades of deforestation, political chaos and now, climate change.

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Climate Change Has Coffee Growers In Haiti Seeking Higher Ground

5:54pm October 23, 2014

by Peter Granitz

Haiti's once-flourishing coffee trade has been badly battered. The latest threat: climate change. Locals who still rely on coffee for their livelihood must learn to grow it in changing climes.

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Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua with her baby Gammy, who was born with Down Syndrome. An Australian couple who'd arranged for Pattaramon to serve as their surrogate rejected the child.

Surrogacy Storm In Thailand: A Rejected Baby, A Busy Babymaker

6:28pm October 22, 2014

by Michael Sullivan

Two controversial cases have put a spotlight on surrogacy in Thailand. Now the government is drafting new laws to stop abuse.

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Peshmerga look out from a front-line outpost — a few sandbags, soldiers, and grenades perched on the brow of a hill — to the eastern Iraqi town of Jalula. The Kurdish fighters are grappling with how to combat changing ISIS tactics.

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Ambushes, Mines And Booby Traps: ISIS Militants Change Tack

7:01am October 22, 2014

by Alice Fordham

In northern Iraq, Kurdish fighters have won back territory from the so-called Islamic State only to lose it again. ISIS is using a range of explosives, inflicting heavy Kurdish casualties.

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Kitibe, 26, has recovered from Ebola and was ready to go home. Then the hospital told him he might have TB.

The Ebola Survivors Who Can't Go Home

9:39pm October 20, 2014

by Anders Kelto

They beat the deadly virus, but transportation back home is hard to come by. So they're living in an abandoned hospital ward, hoping someday to resume the life they had before Ebola struck.

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Protesters built a library in the parking lot of the Hong Kong leglislative council building. Volumes include Pride and Prejudice and The Economics of John Maynard Keynes.

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An Urban Village Pops Up To Comfort Hong Kong Protesters

11:43am October 20, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

What began as a pro-democracy roadblock has grown into a combination street fair/art gallery, with an outdoor study hall, movie screenings, speeches and even a free library.

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Caroline De Haas, 34, launched Macholand.fr after a company responded dismissively to her complaint against its sexist advertising.

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Egality N'est Pas La Réalité: French Women Wage Online War On Sexism

6:39pm October 17, 2014

by Eleanor Beardsley

When a company told one French feminist it was "sorry" she found its ad sexist, she decided to fight back. She's launched a website where users target sexist companies and people on social media.

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Dr. Wvennie MacDonald, the administrator of the JFK Memorial Hospital, has helped put new procedures in place to keep Ebola out, including a triage station to identify possible Ebola patients at the front gate.

Back On Its Feet, A Liberian Hospital Aims To Keep Ebola Out

7:20pm October 16, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

JFK hospital shut down when several doctors died of Ebola. Now it's open again. And the staff is taking rigorous measures to make sure the virus doesn't make its way past the front gate.

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U.S. Could Learn Lessons From Africa's Ebola Response

6:35pm October 16, 2014

Melissa Block talks with Dr. Lewis Rubinson, who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in west Africa. He shares the lessons he learned in treating patients.

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With ISIS At Its Border, Turkey Can't Decide What To Do

10:13pm October 15, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey is divided over how to respond to ISIS on its border and to Kurdish unrest within the country, making Turkey a shaky partner for the U.S.-led coalition.

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