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#NPRreads: 3 Stories To Spring Into This Weekend

8:27am April 02, 2016

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and The Two-Way. Correspondents, editors and producers share the pieces that have kept them reading. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

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Postcard From Brussels

8:15am April 02, 2016

by Melissa Block

Soon after the terrorist attacks in Belgium, people created a makeshift shrine to the victims in a Brussels square. The city's archivists are documenting all the messages.

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Upon Reclaiming Palmyra, The Controversial Side Of Digital Reconstruction

8:15am April 02, 2016

A group of researchers is recreating monuments damaged in Syria using digital models and 3-D printers. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Roger Michel, director of the Institute for Digital Archaeology.

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Russia Boosts Troop Presence In Eastern Europe, Stoking Neighbor's Fears

8:15am April 02, 2016

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hannes Hanso, Estonia's defense minister, about Russia's actions and intentions in NATO's Eastern region and beyond.

Bollywood actors Sooraj Pancholi (left) and Athiya Shetty perform during a promotional event in Mumbai for the film Hero.

#LongReads: Blame It On Bollywood

5:23am April 02, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

What happened when teens in a conservative Muslim neighborhood in Kolkata began watching lush, romantic Bollywood films.

Obama Wraps Up Final Nuclear Security Summit In Washington, D.C.

9:29pm April 01, 2016

by Scott Horsley

President Obama took questions from reporters at the end of his last nuclear security summit Friday, including his reaction to controversial comments by Donald Trump about nuclear weapons.

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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the Nuclear Security Summit on Friday in Washington.

Obama Questions Trump's Knowledge About Foreign Policy And 'The World Generally'

7:51pm April 01, 2016

by Laura Wagner

President Obama said Donald Trump's statements on nuclear issues show he "doesn't know much about foreign policy, or nuclear policy, or the Korean Peninsula, or the world generally."

About 40 percent of Russia's food is imported. As the value of the ruble has declined, prices at grocery stores have risen.

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In Russia, The Oil Price Drop Hits Putin's Base Hard

7:32pm April 01, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

Retirees and those aspiring to join the middle class are struggling to make ends meet as the value of the ruble has fallen along with world oil prices. But Putin's government is doing little to help.

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'New York Times' Reporter Recalls Encounter In Disputed South China Sea Waters

6:11pm April 01, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews New York Times reporter Helene Cooper about her experience on a U.S. Navy Cruiser in the South China Sea during an encounter with a Chinese naval frigate. The diplomatic dance between the vessels illustrates the tensions over the disputed waters.

Obama Addresses World Leaders At Final Nuclear Security Summit

4:23pm April 01, 2016

by Scott Horsley

President Obama has hosted his last summit aimed at grappling with the dangers of loose nukes. NPR takes a look at what has been accomplished at these summits and what work still needs to be done.