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More Violence In Jerusalem After U.S. Recognizes City As Capital

5:28pm December 08, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

Demonstrations and clashes broke out around the West Bank and Gaza two days President Trump's announced Wednesday that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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Palestinian Novelist And Jerusalem Resident Recalls City's History

5:28pm December 08, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Palestinian novelist Sayed Kashua. He remembers Jerusalem, and how the city has changed over the last few decades. The city is tense since U.S. recognized it as the capital of Israel.

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Greece And Turkey Seek To Work Together

5:28pm December 08, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

Once sworn enemies, Greece and Turkey are now working out a cautious friendship. But on a historic visit to Greece, Turkey's president brought up some old grudges.

Children get their diphtheria inoculation in 1944.

Diphtheria: What Exactly Is It ... And Why Is It Back?

4:40pm December 08, 2017

by Rae Ellen Bichell

It's thought of as a disease of the past. But now there are outbreaks in Yemen and Bangladesh.

A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister that was fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes on the Israeli border after a protest against President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Palestinian President Says U.S. No Longer Qualified To Broker Peace Talks

4:08pm December 08, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday the U.S. is not qualified to sponsor the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians because of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Workers prepare pineapple seedlings for planting at the Gold Coast Fruits farm in Ghana.

Why An Ivy League MBA Went Back To Ghana To Help A Pineapple Farm

4:00pm December 08, 2017

by Amy Yee

Jerry Parkes graduated from Wharton and decided to return to his homeland to put his business acumen to use in the agricultural field.

The U.N. has operated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for years. Thursday evening's attack was the bloodiest assault on peacekeeping forces in recent memory, according to a U.N. official.

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At Least 14 U.N. Peacekeepers Killed In Rebel Attack In Congo

3:12pm December 08, 2017

by Maggie Penman

Five Congolese soldiers also died, and dozens of peacekeepers were wounded, in the attack on a base in eastern Congo. A U.N. official said it was the bloodiest assault on peacekeepers in 25 years.

In an interview this week, Pope Francis criticized the phrasing about temptation in the Lord's Prayer. The pontiff is pictured here at the Vatican in April.

Pope Francis Suggests Changing The Words To The 'Lord's Prayer'

2:31pm December 08, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The phrase "lead us not into temptation" isn't right, the pontiff says, because "a father does not do this." France's Catholic Church has changed the phrase in its version of the Lord's Prayer.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal waves during an official visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah in 2014. The Saudi billionaire was detained last month in Riyadh and has not been seen since.

A Saudi Billionaire's Detention Is Making Some Investors Nervous

12:51pm December 08, 2017

by Jackie Northam

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was swept up in early November with more than 200 other Saudi businessmen and princes in a massive anti-corruption campaign spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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U.N. Peacekeepers Killed In Congo Firefight

11:21am December 08, 2017

The United Nations says 14 U.N. peacekeepers are dead and at least 50 others have been injured in an attack Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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