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Dutch Far-Right Politician Leads In Polls Despite Legal Charges

5:09am November 01, 2016

Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders is on trial for "inciting hatred" against immigrants. Wilders has boycotted the trial, claiming that it's "against freedom of expression."

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20 Miners Presumed Trapped After Explosion In Chinese Coal Mine

10:36pm October 31, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Two miners escaped and 13 died after the gas explosion Monday morning, state media report. Crews were working to find and potentially rescue the miners who remain unaccounted for.

People listen to the radio as the results of the presidential elections are announced in Kireka, Uganda, in February. Many rural Ugandans don't have Internet access, and the radio is a central source of news — and platform for citizens' opinions.

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Turn On, Tune In, Transcribe: U.N. Develops Radio-Listening Tool

8:35pm October 31, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.

Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) try to evade a drone in Boboli Gardens in Inferno.

Burning 'Inferno' Question: How Fast Can A Deadly Virus Spread?

6:28pm October 31, 2016

by Erin Ross

Could a virus go around the world in a week? How scary are man-made viruses? Does WHO have a clandestine army? We consider questions raised by the movie.

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Syrian Government Invites Western Journalists To Damascus

6:21pm October 31, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

In an unusual step, the Syrian government invited dozens of journalists from western outlets to Damascus to hear the regime's point of view.

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United Nations Envoy Pushes For Diplomacy In War-Torn Yemen

6:21pm October 31, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

The United Nations Security Council gets an update on Yemen Monday. The U.S. is hoping for a diplomatic solution after backing a Saudi-led air campaign that has devastated the country's infrastructure and left thousands dead.

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The leader of the far-right Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, poses at The Hague in December.

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Dutch Far-Right Politician Boycotts Opening Of His Hate-Speech Trial

4:29pm October 31, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The anti-Islam lawmaker is accused of racial discrimination and inciting hatred — charges tied to comments he made about Moroccans at a 2014 rally.

Pope Francis Commemorates 500th Anniversary Of Protestant Reformation

4:15pm October 31, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

Pope Francis is in Sweden to kick off the commemoration of 500 years since the Protestant Reformation. The reformation started in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the church door to denounce what he saw as abuses by the Catholic Church.

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For Foreign Journalists, A Rare Invitation To Damascus

3:36pm October 31, 2016

Foreign reporters' access to Syria is severely restricted, but this week, a group of Western journalists has been invited to hear the Assad regime's point of view. NPR's Peter Kenyon is among them.

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300 Million Children Are Breathing 'Extremely Toxic' Air, UNICEF Says

3:24pm October 31, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Altogether, some 2 billion children worldwide are breathing air that has been deemed a "long term hazard," a report finds. Pollution contributes to around 600,000 deaths annually of kids under age 5.