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The Fragmented Forests Of Madagascar

7:57am November 26, 2017

by Rowan Moore Gerety

Madagascar is home to plants and animals found nowhere else, but their habitats are disappearing. The forest cover has fallen by more than 40 percent in recent decades. And what remains is fragmented.

Can Paris Get Rid Of Gas-Fueled Cars?

7:57am November 26, 2017

by Eleanor Beardsley

The mayor of Paris wants to rid the capital of all gas and diesel cars by the year 2030. But critics doubt the idea is feasible or even a good anti-pollution strategy.

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Volunteering Abroad? Read This Before You Post That Selfie

7:00am November 26, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

You may think it's a noble idea to photograph yourself helping poor children in a faraway country. A new campaign has a different perspective.

U.S. officials announced late Friday that it would reverse its decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington, D.C., saying it would merely impose limitations on office operations, aimed at encouraging peace between Isr

U.S. Reverses Its Decision To Close Palestinian Office In D.C.

8:52pm November 25, 2017

by Jose Olivares

The Palestinian Liberation Organization office was set to close after officials said Palestinians violated U.S. law. The U.S. now says it will instead set limits aimed at reviving Mideast peace talks.

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Attack On Egypt Mosque Kills More Than 300

6:42pm November 25, 2017

At least 305 people died in an attack on a Sufi mosque in the northern Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Al Jazeera's Washington bureau chief Abderrahim Foukara about the attack on civilians.

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The Longest-Running War Crimes Court Criticized For Slow Justice

6:42pm November 25, 2017

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is due to close at the end of the year. The tribunal's supporters say it has given justice to many victims. Critics say that justice has been both slow and one-sided.

Sulieman Awad receives medical treatment at the Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, a day after he was injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explo

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Egyptian Military Launches Airstrikes In Retaliation For Gruesome Mosque Attack

1:08pm November 25, 2017

by Miles Parks

The government says 305 people were killed Friday, in the deadliest attack in the country's modern history. A Muslim movement that ISIS views as heresy seems to have been the target.

Kawkab walks with a social worker in the Dabaga camp for displaced Iraqis. Kawkab says she was seven or eight when she saw ISIS militants shoot her mother dead. "They shot her with an assault rifle," she says. "They shot her and she died and they threw he

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Traumatized And Vulnerable To Abuse, Orphans From Mosul Are 'Living In Another World'

9:00am November 25, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Thousands of Iraqi children lost one or both parents during fighting in Mosul. "They are sad and isolated. Most of the time, they have few friends and they don't trust anyone," says a social worker.

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Parents Allege Sexual Abuse At Chinese Kindergarten

8:00am November 25, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

An alleged sex abuse scandal in a kindergarten run by a large private school chain has caused an uproar in China.

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More Than 300 Killed In Attack On Egyptian Mosque

8:00am November 25, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Egypt is in mourning after the most deadly attack since ISIS started operating in the northern Sinai. Friday's bombing and gun attack on a mosque killed more than 300 people.