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Expanded U.S. Presence In Syria May Be Politically Motivated, Mann Says

7:37am April 27, 2016

President Obama has announced the U.S. will increase the number of military personnel in Syria to fight ISIS. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to Scott Mann, who spent 18 years in Army special operations.

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Big Ben resides in the Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament, seen in the distance behind a construction sign on Westminster Bridge.

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London's Big Ben To Go Silent For Repairs

9:14pm April 26, 2016

by Lauren Hodges

Next year, the bell at London's landmark clock will not toll the hours for a few months while repairs are made. It's only the third period of silence in the past 157 years.

Protesters rally near the home of a girl who was raped in New Delhi on Oct. 17. The Indian government is trying to improve its emergency response system, particularly in cases of assault.

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India Will Require 'Panic Button' On Cellphones To Report Assault

8:25pm April 26, 2016

by Dana Farrington

By 2017, all new mobile phones will have to be able to send out a distress call. It is part of an initiative to centralize India's emergency response system — and to address violence against women.

Dr. Forster Amponsah is one of two surgeons at the Koforidua Regional Hospital in Ghana. Trained in Cuba, he came home because he felt his skills were needed in Africa.

The Improvisational Surgeon: Cardboard Casts, No Power, Patients Galore

8:08pm April 26, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

A new report says 5 billion people lack access to even the most basic surgical care. Why is surgery ignored in the global health landscape?

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British Inquest Finds Police At Fault For Hillsborough Soccer Stadium Disaster

8:05pm April 26, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

An inquest into the deaths of 96 soccer fans in a British sports stadium has concluded that faulty policing was responsible. The supporters of Liverpool Football Club were crushed to death during a game in 1989. Their relatives had to fight for nearly 30 years to overcome a police cover-up, which included allegations that the fans themselves were to blame for the disaster.

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'Reuters' Reporter Explores Life In Chernobyl 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster

7:38pm April 26, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Matthias Williams, chief Ukraine correspondent for Reuters, about what Chernobyl is like today 30 years after the nuclear power plant exploded.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with members of the press after his annual call-in show in Moscow on April 14.

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For Journalists In Russia, 'No One Really Knows What Is Allowed'

4:52pm April 26, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

Media companies in Russia aren't sure how far they can go without risking government reprisals. But even in such an uncertain climate, many independent news outlets have resisted censoring themselves.

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Victims await the start of the trial of Dutch dentist Jacobus Van Nierop on March 8 at the Nevers courthouse in central France. Van Nierop has since been sentenced to eight years behind bars.

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'Dentist Of Horror' Gets 8 Years For Harming Patients In France

2:57pm April 26, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Jacobus Van Nierop performed "useless and painful procedures" on more than 100 people in a rural French town, the prosecutor argued. He won't be practicing dentistry again.

The body of gay rights activist Xulhaz Mannan rests in a wooden coffin as people pay their respects in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka.

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Editor Of Bangladesh's Only LGBT Magazine Is Hacked To Death

12:43pm April 26, 2016

by Lauren Hodges

The killings of gay rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend are the latest in a recent string of grisly attacks in the country.

Thousands of people in Melbourne, Australia, took to the streets on March 20 during a protest demanding that refugees not be sent to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea or to the republic of Nauru.

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Australian Refugee Detention Center Is Declared Illegal By Papua New Guinea Court

12:22pm April 26, 2016

by Bill Chappell

In their order, the judges said Australia and Papua New Guinea must "take all steps necessary" to stop the "unconstitutional and illegal detention of the asylum seekers."