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Anti-ISIS Satire Lampoons Militant Group's Hypocrisy

7:08pm November 10, 2014

Audie Cornish talks to professor Arwan Kraidy, who studies TV and social media in the Arab world, about the slapstick sketches and music videos that poke fun at ISIS in sometimes bizarre ways.

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Hasso Herschel, shown in this undated photo, escaped from East Germany in 1961 by using a borrowed passport. Over the next decade, he helped more than 1,000 people flee by smuggling them through tunnels and hiding them in cars.

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The Cold War 'Mole' Who Smuggled 1,000 East Germans To The West

3:07pm November 10, 2014

by Emily Wasik

Hasso Herschel fled East Germany in 1961 on a false passport. Over the next decade, he helped more than 1,000 East Germans flee by smuggling them through tunnels or by hiding them inside cars.

A section of a bike path that uses solar cells to produce electricity is opening for full-time use Wednesday.

Solar Bike Path Opens This Week In The Netherlands

12:39pm November 10, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Integrating solar panels into a bike commuter path, a special roadway outside Amsterdam will generate power that's then funneled into the national energy grid.

Video footage of passport control — staffed by the notorious East German Stasi — when the Palace of Tears was a functioning border crossing between East and East.

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Berlin's 'Palace Of Tears,' A Reminder Of Divided Families, Despair

12:12pm November 10, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The Berlin Wall separated many German families, and their anguish was visible at the former Berlin railway station — now a museum — that was the main crossing between East and West.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, prior to their first-ever talks.

Two Striking Photos From Today's APEC Meetings

10:52am November 10, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The forum's first day has already brought us interesting images. In one, the leaders of China and Japan reflect their countries' unease; in another, world leaders dress alike.

President Obama arrives at the Beijing airport Monday. Speaking at the APEC summit, the president unveiled a new deal to ease visa restrictions between the U.S. and China.

In China, Obama Touts Visa Deal, Progress On Free-Trade Pact

10:25am November 10, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Under a new agreement, the U.S. and China will extend visas from the current one-year term to five and 10 years. President Obama is in China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

A mom at the Community Clinic in Louisiana Township, about 15 miles from Monrovia, says all of her children have been vaccinated.

Ebola Is Keeping Kids From Getting Vaccinated In Liberia

10:12am November 10, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

The rate for routine vaccinations of babies used to be 97 percent. Now the figure is 27 percent. Blame it on the rippling effects of the outbreak.

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Mariama and Fomba Kanneh play in an open space in Barkedu, Liberia. With schools closed across the country, many kids spend their time playing outside every day.

Ebola Today Could Mean Illiteracy Tomorrow In West Africa

10:05am November 10, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

Millions of children aren't going to school because of Ebola. The fear is that some kids will never return to class. For others, the time off means putting their career dreams on hold.

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An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter hold his position in the mountains east of Mosul.

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Ill-Equipped And Underpaid, Kurdish Fighters Hold ISIS At Bay

8:44am November 10, 2014

by Leila Fadel

With Iraq's military in tatters and U.S. forces gone, the Kurdish peshmerga is the only viable force to stave off ISIS in Iraq. With little support from Baghdad, discontent grows among the fighters.

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Pyongyang Releases 2 U.S. Citizens Who Were Held For Months

8:34am November 10, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

Two Americans who had been held prisoner in North Korea have returned to the U.S. They were freed after Director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to North Korea to negotiate their release.

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