At least 19 people have died in protests against the long-time Sudanese president, sparked by the government's decision to end bread subsidies last month.
The National Rifle Association has been going international in promoting gun ownership. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Polly Mosendz, who covers the firearms industry.
Oz, who died Dec. 28, co-founded Peace Now, a group that calls for negotiations with Palestinians and the creation of a Palestinian state. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1988, 1991 and 2004
In the days before Christmas, the private data of some of Germany's most powerful leaders was trickled out "in a kind of Advent calendar," a German broadcaster reports.
A Sri Lankan becomes the third woman this week to enter the Sabarimala temple, which doesn't allow women of menstruating age, in India's Kerala state. The Supreme Court calls the ban discriminatory.