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Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla (center) was sworn in as Argentina's president on March 24, 1976, after the overthrow of President Isabel Peron in a coup.

Despite The Awkward Timing, Argentina Welcomes Obama

6:40pm March 23, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

The president's visit falls on the 40th anniversary of Argentina's military coup that led to the so-called Dirty War. He has promised to declassify documents shedding light on what the U.S. knew.

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Bassam Aramin, 46, grew up hating Israel and spent seven years in an Israeli prison. But he gradually came to believe that negotiation, not violence, was the only way to resolve the conflict. He has preached co-existence for more than a decade — a posit

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A Palestinian Takes A Different Road In His Fight

6:30pm March 22, 2016

by Emily Harris

Bassam Aramin grew up hating Israel and spent years in prison. Yet he's now a voice for peace, a position that did not change even when his daughter was killed by Israeli police.

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Why Analysts Aren't Laughing At These Silly North Korean Photos

9:12pm March 21, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

North Korea's bombastic propaganda and unpredictable leadership have made it a topic of frequent parody. But experts say it's time to take the nation's nuclear capabilities more seriously.

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Advocacy Groups Take Issue With EU's New Migrant Deal

9:35pm March 19, 2016

Humanitarian groups are not happy about a deal between the European Union and Turkey on how to handle the influx of migrants. Iverna McGowan of Amnesty international shares her take.

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'The Rope' Chronicles A Good Death, And A Bad Start

6:40pm March 16, 2016

by NPR Staff

Kanan Makiya's new novel is named for the rope used to execute Saddam Hussein. It follows one Shiite militiaman from the day of Saddam's fall through the tumultuous years that follow.

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Iranian women chant support for Mohammad Reza Aref, a reformist candidate in Friday's parliamentary election. This is the first election since Iran signed a nuclear deal with world powers last summer, followed by the lifting of many sanctions at the begin

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Sanctions Are Lifting, But Iranians Are Still Waiting For The Benefits

10:28pm February 23, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Iranians were promised that a nuclear deal would lead to an economic boost as sanctions vanished. But as the country votes for a new parliament on Friday, there's been no economic upturn.

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The half-naked hatchetfish, shown here munching on a shrimp, is just one of many billions of mesopelagic ocean fish that migrate up and down the water column each day to hunt food and avoid predators.

Mysterious Ocean Buzz Traced To Daily Fish Migration

7:19pm February 22, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Scientists say the buzz picked up by hydrophones in the Pacific may be caused by "fish farts" — the emptying of air bladders that let clouds of fish rise and fall during daily hunts for food.

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A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man (right) based on skull found at the La Ferrassie rock shelter in Dordogne Valley, France. He's face to face with a male Homo sapien.

Science Seeks Clues To Human Health In Neanderthal DNA

11:20pm February 11, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Some of the genetic variations in human DNA that have been linked to quick clotting or depression or diabetes lie within or near the genetic stretches we picked up from Neanderthals, a study finds.

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Scott Weaver, of the University of Texas Medical Branch, was one of only a few scientists studying Zika before the latest outbreak in Latin America.

Virus Profilers Race To Figure Out What Makes Zika Tick

3:14pm February 10, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Though Zika was discovered in 1947, few scientists since had studied the virus. Now, while some check its genes, others turn to placental cells for clues to any link between Zika and birth defects.

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A patient at a Rio de Janeiro clinic has a blood sample taken to check for Zika and other viruses.

How Much Harm Can The Zika Virus Really Do?

8:18pm February 02, 2016

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Researchers are looking into the possible link to birth defects — and suspected cases of hearing loss in adults. First they need a fast test to identify the virus.

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