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Reporter In Kabul Wins Award For Courage In Journalism

1:35pm December 09, 2014

Rolling Stone's Matthieu Aikins reported on this year's opium harvest — the biggest in Afghanistan's history. He also talks about traveling with a rescue crew in Syria and a Shia militia in Iraq.

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In a new public health campaign, British actor Idris Elba plays a soccer coach whose team is squaring off against Ebola.

Idris Elba Plays A Soccer Coach Out To Crush Ebola In New Ad Campaign

12:27pm December 09, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

The British actor and a group of African soccer stars have teamed up with the CDC in a new public health campaign. The message: Ebola "is not an ordinary game. This is life or death."

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Ireland Softens Under Pressure To Drop Its Corporate 'Duty-Free Zone'

12:27pm December 09, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

U.S. and European officials are angry about Irish rules that let some firms pay just 2 percent in corporate taxes. Ireland announced some tax code changes, but few think they will change things much.

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As Torture Report's Release Nears, CIA And Opponents Ready Responses

12:27pm December 09, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

The Senate's release will focus on case studies of the treatment, at times brutal, of 20 or so high-value detainees in the counterterrorism efforts following 9/11, and whether those methods paid off.

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A member of the Saudi border guards mans a machine gun at the border with Iraq in July. Since the so-called Islamic State launched its offensive this summer in Iraq, Saudi Arabia has sent thousands of troops to the region.

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Facing Threats From ISIS And Iran, Gulf States Set To Join Forces

11:17am December 09, 2014

by Deborah Amos

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to form an unprecedented, NATO-inspired joint military command. The growing strength of ISIS and Iran's influence have made cooperation more urgent.

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New Details Emerge In Failed Yemen Hostage Rescue

10:49am December 09, 2014

by Tom Bowman

Details are emerging about the failed hostage rescue attempt undertaken over the weekend by U.S. Special Operations forces in Yemen.

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Why Would Uruguay Take Guantanamo Prisoners?

10:49am December 09, 2014

Robert Siegel talks with Michelle Shephard, National Security Correspondent for The Toronto Star about what's behind the South American country's decision to accept six former detainees.

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Ebola Is Down, But Not Out, In Liberia

10:49am December 09, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Ten to 12 new cases are reported daily, primarily around the capital and outlying areas. On Monday, Liberia's president announced an initiative, Ebola Must Go, that focuses on getting communities more involved in anti-Ebola measures.

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To ward off Ebola, a worker washes his hands at a construction site in Monrovia.

Ebola Cases Are Down, So Should Liberians Stop Worrying?

10:42am December 09, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The country is now reporting fewer than 100 new cases each week. But the CDC's chief there says Liberia must stay alert and not allow the presence of Ebola to become a new norm.

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World Food Program Resumes Food Aid For Syrian Refugees

10:11am December 09, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The U.N. organization said that after it suspended a food-voucher program earlier this month, individuals, the private sector and governments stepped in to raise the money.