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A convoy of Russian trucks crosses the Ukrainian border at the Donetsk-Izvarino custom control checkpoint as Ukrainian refugees look on, Saturday. Russia says the trucks are carrying aid; Ukrainian officials say they don't know what's inside.

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Ukraine: Peace Disrupted By Barrage; Russia Sends New Aid Convoy

9:39am September 13, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Rocket fire tested — but didn't break — a week-old cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists Friday night. And the EU made concessions to Russia on a trade pact.

A team from Honolulu, which included Jamie O'Brien of Hawaii's North Shore, won this week's surfing competition, held on one of the world's two biggest tidal bores, located in Hangzhou, China. The other is in the Amazon.

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Riding The 'Silver Dragon,' Surfers Tame China's 10-Foot River Waves

11:01pm September 12, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

The Qiantang Tidal Bore, a big river wave that forms during China's Mid-Autumn Festival, barrels upstream for miles through the crowded city of Hangzhou.

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Free Syrian Army Struggles To Maintain Control In Two-Front War

9:26pm September 12, 2014

Robert Siegel speaks with Noah Bonsey, senior Syria analyst for the International Crisis Group, about the state of the Free Syrian Army.

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Migrants at a shelter in southern Mexico say that Mexico's interior checkpoints are making it harder to travel north. Some have given up on reaching the U.S. and are trying to stay in Mexico.

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Mexican Crackdown Slows Central American Immigration To U.S.

9:24pm September 12, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

Under pressure from the United States, Mexico has begun arresting and deporting tens of thousands of Central Americans long before they reach the U.S. border.

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A burial team in Barkedu, Liberia, buries their protective clothing alongside the body of an Ebola victim. It's possible to catch the virus from clothing soiled by infected blood or other bodily fluids.

How Do You Catch Ebola: By Air, Sweat Or Water?

6:49pm September 12, 2014

by Linda Poon

Americans have many questions — and misconceptions — about the deadly virus that's rapidly spreading in West Africa. We asked two scientists to explain more about how Ebola is transmitted.

Kate Bush Sells Out 22 Shows In Less Than 15 Minutes

4:37pm September 12, 2014

by Christopher Werth

Kate Bush fans have waited 35 years for her to go on tour. The rather reclusive British singer-songwriter has launched her first live shows since 1979 — but she's performing all of them in London.

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen here in December 2013, announced Friday that he was withdrawing his re-election bid to seek treatment for an abdominal tumor.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Withdraws Re-Election Bid

4:35pm September 12, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

He says he is seeking treatment for a tumor in his abdomen. His brother Doug Ford will run in his place. Earlier this year, Rob Ford took time off from his job to seek help for substance abuse.

Education advocate Malala Yousafzai arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, in August.

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10 Arrested In Pakistan Over 2012 Attack On Malala Yousafzai

3:26pm September 12, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The army says the men were ordered by the Pakistani Taliban to kill the teenager who has stood against extremist attempts to prevent girls from attending school.

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Ukraine, Rebels Swap Prisoners As Part Of Cease-Fire Deal

2:09pm September 12, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The late-night prisoner exchange, involving dozens of captives on both sides, comes as the European Union has stepped up sanctions on Moscow for its involvement in the conflict.

Ian Paisley, then-leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, talks to supporters at the Northern Ireland Assembly Election count in Balleymoney, Northern Ireland, in 2003. The DUP announced Friday that Paisley had died after a protracted illness. He was 88.

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Northern Ireland Unionist Hard-Liner Ian Paisley Dies At 88

1:55pm September 12, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Protestant cleric who bitterly opposed the IRA later forged an unlikely friendship with senior Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness.