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Battlefronts In Kobani Don't Break Cleanly Along Ethic Or Sectarian Lines

4:58pm October 13, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey has declined to intervene in the fighting, in part because the defenders are largely Kurdish. There are also Sunni Muslims joining the Kurds to fight ISIS.

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Economics Nobel Awarded For Work On Regulating Big Businesses

4:58pm October 13, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

French economist Jean Tirole studies oligopolies — markets that are controlled by a handful of powerful, interdependent companies.

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From Microsoft To Mercedes, Foreign Companies Under The Gun In China

4:58pm October 13, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

Doing business in China is getting tougher for some foreign companies. In the past year, Chinese government regulators have raided their offices, claiming to investigate monopoly practices.

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Smoke rises after a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on Kobani, Syria, Monday, as seen from the Turkish side of the border. Kurdish fighters say they're making progress against ISIS in the area.

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U.S. Strikes At ISIS In Kobani As Kurds Claim Progress

4:06pm October 13, 2014

by Bill Chappell

As the U.S.-led coalition carried out strikes on areas east and south of Kobani in Syria, new reports emerged about Turkey's role in supporting the fight against ISIS.

June Steenkamp (left), mother of Oscar Pistorius' slain girlfriend, Reva Steenkamp, leaves the Pretoria High Court after Monday's sentencing hearing for the South African athlete. A prison official recommended house arrest for Pistorius.

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Pistorius Should Serve 3 Years' House Arrest, Prison Official Says

2:07pm October 13, 2014

by Bill Chappell

At a sentencing hearing for Oscar Pistorius, a court-appointed prison social worker says the South African athlete's punishment for culpable homicide should include three years of house arrest.

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North Korea Says Thousands Of U.S. Soldiers' Remains Are At Risk

12:12pm October 13, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The remains of several thousand U.S. soldiers who died in the Korean War are "left here and there uncared and carried away en masse," a North Korean military spokesman said Monday.

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Meeting In Cairo, Nations Pledge $5.4 Billion To Rebuild Gaza

9:42am October 13, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

It will be hard to make sure that concrete needed to rebuild the Palestinian territory's demolished buildings isn't diverted to Hamas, the militant group that had been tunneling into Israeli towns.

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Hong Kong Police Clear Some Protest Barricades

5:39am October 13, 2014

by Camila Domonoske

The police removed barricades marking off areas that pro-democracy protesters have been occupying for two week. A police statement said it was an attempt to ease congestion, not to remove protesters.

At a Cairo aid conference to help rebuild Gaza, Secretary of State John Kerry paused to rub his eyes Sunday. The U.S. is promising another $212 million in aid.

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U.S. And Other Nations Pledge $5.4 Billion To Rebuild Gaza

7:27pm October 12, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The total far surpasses the $4 billion Palestinians had said was needed after the recent 50-day war. The U.S. promised $212 million at the session, which Israel agreed not to attend.

Training Is Key In Lowering Risk For Health Care Workers Treating Ebola

6:52pm October 12, 2014

NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Suzanne Donovan, an infectious disease specialist at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, about the risk of infection for health care workers treating Ebola patients.

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