As Refugees Stream In, Lebanon Copes With Human Flood Tide
At least a million Syrian refugees are now in Lebanon. The influx is straining the balance in the fragile country of only four million people.
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After Avoiding Bankruptcy, Greece Resumes Bond Sales
Over the past 4 years, Greece has endured a crippling debt crisis, and was bailed out twice. David Greene talks to Nick Malkoutzis, editor of Macropolis, an economic and political website in Athens.
2 Pakistani Musicians Gain Fame Singing Political Satire
In Pakistan, it's too dangerous to print your opinion. So it may be surprising that 2 Pakistani musicians are Internet celebrities after releasing songs lambasting the nation's mullahs and military.
Century-Old Message Pulled From Bottle In Baltic Sea
A postcard stuffed into a beer bottle was thrown into the water in 1913. It was pulled out of the water last month, and it's thought to be the world's oldest message in a bottle.
Banning Traditional Animal Slaughter, Denmark Stokes Religous Ire
The country's move to require animals to be stunned before being killed is seen by some as an affront to religious methods of slaughter. But now Jews and Muslims are working together to protest it.
Rwanda Honors Dead, Celebrates Progress, 20 Years After Genocide
The brutality that began in Rwanda in April 1994 left 800,000 dead in just over three months. Some collapsed in grief as the country marked the anniversary of those dark days.
In China, Hagel Outlines U.S. Approach To Cybersecurity
The U.S. is trying to learn more about China's cyber capabilities. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is revealing more about what America's cyber forces can do, so that China might reveal something too.
Was ZunZuneo To Promote Free Speech Or Destabilize Cuba?
David Greene to Julia Sweig, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about revelations the USAID created and ran a now-defunct Cuban Twitter communications network from 2010 to 2012.
Deep-Sea Ping May Lead To Malaysian Jet — But Time's Running Out
Australia and China both claim to hear underwater pings from the missing Malaysian jet's black boxes. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel explains the pings, why they're tough to verify and what might happen next.
Afghanistan Is One Step Closer To Karzai's Successor
On Saturday, voters turned out in large numbers despite threats of Taliban violence. It will take weeks to learn who will become Afghanistan's next president. Hamid Karzai can't run for a third term