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Chefs Meet In Brazil To Discuss Food Biodiversity

7:03am November 17, 2014

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Some of the world's top chefs are joining forces to incorporate biodiversity into meals. It's no coincidence the meeting is in Brazil — Latin America is one of the world's most bio-diverse places.

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Questions Linger Regarding Bodies Of 43 Mexican Students

8:27pm November 16, 2014

The apparent discovery of the bodies of 43 Mexican students caused nationwide uproar and protests. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo about the reaction to the discovery.

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Sultan Qaboos bin Said, 73, salutes during a military parade in the capital Muscat on Oman's national day in November 2013. Qaboos, who has ruled for 44 years, has maintained friendly relations with everyone from the U.S. to Iran. However, he has been abr

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In Oman, The Man Who Has Defined The Country Is Now Rarely Seen

5:15pm November 16, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

Sultan Qaboos has dominated Oman for 44 years and managed to maintain good relations with everyone from the U.S. to Iran. But now he's ailing and it's not clear who would succeed him.

Afghan parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai is an ally of newly elected President Ashraf Ghani and a women's rights advocate.

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Female Afghan Lawmaker Survives Suicide Bomb Attack

3:39pm November 16, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Shukria Barakzai, an ally of newly elected President Ashraf Ghani who has fought for women's rights, was only slightly wounded in the attack.

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Nigerian Army Retakes Chibok, Home Of Kidnapped Schoolgirls

3:39pm November 16, 2014

by Scott Neuman

A day after reports that Boko Haram militants had captured the town where they abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in April, the government says it has regained control of the northeastern city.

A pro-Russian rebel fighter guards an area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, earlier this week. Investigators erect a

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Clearing Of MH17 Debris Begins In Eastern Ukraine

3:39pm November 16, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Boeing 777 that crashed over the area on July 17, killing nearly 289 aboard, is widely believed to have been downed by a Russian-built, rebel-operated surface-to-air missile battery.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and other leaders at the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.

G20 Leaders Pledge Growth, Threaten More Sanctions On Russia

2:17pm November 16, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The meeting wrapped up with a pledge to grow global output by 2.1 percent in the next five years, but Russia's President Vladimir Putin got the cold shoulder.

One of the four non-profits to benefit from the Google matching campaign is Doctors Without Borders, which held an Ebola training program last week in Amsterdam.

Google Asks Users To Help Fight Ebola — And They Answer With Cash

12:26pm November 16, 2014

by NPR Staff

For the first time ever, Google reached out to users in a matching campaign to help fund Ebola treatment and prevention. The company's philanthropic director explains why.

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Iraqi Kurdish soldiers, or peshmerga, patrol an area in the recently recaptured town of Zumar, near Mosul in northern Iraq on Oct. 29. When the Islamic State captured the town in August, the Kurds fled. Now that the Kurds are in control, the Arabs are all

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In A Back-And-Forth Battle, An Iraqi Town Splits On Ethnic Lines

12:25pm November 16, 2014

by Leila Fadel

When the Islamic State seized the town of Zumar, the Kurds fled. Now Kurdish fighters have taken control, and it's the Arabs who have been driven out. Is this the future of Iraq?

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#BringBackOurGirls" campaigners participate in a lamentation parade in Abuja, in early November, as more towns in Nigeria come under attack from Boko Haram.

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Boko Haram Seizes Town That Is Home To Kidnapped Schoolgirls

8:16pm November 15, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The rebel group that abducted nearly 300 girls in April has captured the town where they were taken, dashing faint hopes that a cease-fire deal with the government could still be salvaged.