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Jordan Tests Coalition Against ISIS With Offer To Negotiate

6:25pm January 28, 2015

Robert Siegel talks to Rula Al Hroob, member of the Jordanian Parliament, about how people in Jordan feel about a prisoner exchange for a pilot captured by ISIS in Syria.

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Some fake Apple stores like this one in Kunming, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, were so authentic-looking that even some of their employees didn't know they were fake.

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China Continues To Push The (Fake) Envelope

6:20pm January 28, 2015

by Frank Langfitt

A fake bank in Nanjing bilked customers out of nearly $33 million. With trappings of a real bank, like security guards and LED screens, it fooled depositors attracted by higher interest rates.

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Israeli Soldiers Killed In Renewed Fighting With Hezbollah

6:20pm January 28, 2015

by Emily Harris

Two Israeli soldiers and an UN peacekeeper were killed in border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah on Wednesday — prompted by a Hezbollah revenge attack.

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An exhibit called "The last McDonald's hamburger in Iceland" now has a webcam devoted to it. The burger was purchased in 2009.

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Live, From Iceland: It's A Hamburger

4:29pm January 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

They call it "The last McDonald's hamburger in Iceland." Purchased more than five years ago, it has been displayed in the National Museum of Iceland. Now it has its own webcam.

Coleen Schaefer (left) and Doni Sprague display a tiger pelt that was confiscated and is being stored at the National Wildlife Property Repository on the outskirts of Denver. Some 1.5 million items are being held at the facility. The Trans-Pacific Partner

Tiger Skins And Rhino Horns: Can A Trade Deal Halt The Trafficking?

3:36pm January 28, 2015

by Jackie Northam

A proposed U.S.-Asia trade pact calls for incorporating the issue wildlife trafficking. The goal is to slow the poaching of endangered animals such as elephants, tigers and rhinos.

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One of five stickers pasted in Kenyan passenger vans as part of a Georgetown University study to promote safe driving.

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Mr. Taxi Driver, You Are GOING TOO FAST!!!!

3:17pm January 28, 2015

by Anders Kelto

Kenya's passenger vans have a reputation for getting into deadly crashes. A new campaign has cut the accident rate with a simple intervention: stickers that urge riders to speak up.

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2 Israeli Soldiers Killed In Attack Near Lebanese Border

3:00pm January 28, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack and Israel returned fire, in one of the most serious flare ups of a long-running confrontation.

The London 2012 Olympic Stadium at sunset at the Olympic Park in London. The Smithsonian Institution is working to establish its first international museum outpost in London as that city redevelops its Olympic park.

Smithsonian In Talks Over London Outpost — Its First Overseas

2:56pm January 28, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

If negotiations are successful, the Smithsonian would join other attractions at the site of London's Olympic Park.

Adam Namm (left) is the U.S. ambassador to Ecuador and a member of Samay Blues Band. He performs regularly with the group and says its a way to breakaway from traditional diplomacy.

Singing The Blues, A U.S. Envoy Hopes To Boost Ties With Ecuador

12:31pm January 28, 2015

by John Otis

In South America, left-wing governments hostile to the U.S. are tossing out diplomats or shunning them entirely. In Ecuador, U.S. Ambassador Adam Namm is using music to do something about it.

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Fighting Intensifies In Eastern Ukraine

8:09am January 28, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine appear to have started an offensive aimed at grabbing more territory. Meanwhile, the U.S. has announced new financial support to the government in Kiev.

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