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Investigators at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have discovered cases of organic fraud abroad as well as in the U.S. In 2013, 19 farmers or food companies were fined a total of $87,000 for misusing the organic label.

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Can You Trust That Organic Label On Imported Food?

6:12am July 28, 2014

by Dan Charles

A new book claims the organic label can't be trusted, especially on food that's imported. Yet there is a global system for verifying the authenticity of organic food, and it mostly seems to work.

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Smoke rises from buildings in May after shelling on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which is currently held by anti-government fighters. Rights workers say civilians are being killed by government attacks with so-called barrel bombs.

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Barrel Bomb Attacks Devastate Iraqi Families

1:44pm July 26, 2014

by Leila Fadel

Rights workers say civilians are being killed by government attacks with so-called barrel bombs — the crude weapons made famous in Syria's current conflict.

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At Yume Wo Katare, eating ramen is treated as a path to personal fulfillment.

Can Finishing A Big Bowl Of Ramen Make Dreams Come True?

10:48am July 26, 2014

by Andrea Shea

At his ramen shop in Cambridge, Mass., chef Tsuyoshi Nishioka wants customers to follow their dreams. His philosophy? If you can finish a bowl of his ramen, you can accomplish anything in life.

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In A Complex Web Of Tunnels, Israel Draws Its Red Line

7:40pm July 25, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Both the government and the people of Israel have been determined to continue the country's ground invasion in Gaza, despite a growing wave of international criticism. Israelis have been shaken by claims that Hamas has a heavily fortified network of tunnels leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

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What's The Outlook For Nigerian Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram?

8:14am July 25, 2014

Renee Montagne talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell for an update on the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped in April by the extremist group Boko Haram.

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Volunteers such as this woman — who's with a group that calls itself "Las Patronas" — throw bags of food and water to migrants in Veracruz, Mexico, who are headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border.

Who Are The Kids Of The Migrant Crisis?

6:23pm July 24, 2014

by NPR staff

Many kids and teenagers leave Central America to avoid climbing levels of gang violence, extortion and drug trafficking. Sometimes, it's to find their families.

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'Tahrir Harassment' Trials End In Sexual Assault Convictions

7:54am July 24, 2014

Sexual assault convictions have been handed down to some Egyptian men, after several women were attacked during celebrations for incoming President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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What Would Demilitarizing Gaza Entail?

7:39am July 24, 2014

Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars talks with Steve Inskeep about Israel's call to demilitarize Gaza and whether such a proposal is realistic.

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The radical Islamic State has ordered shop owners to cover the faces of mannequins in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, shop owners say. The Islamic State has begun enforcing its strict interpretation of Islamic law in the city and other places it control

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Common Ground Between Iraq's Rebels May Be Crumbling

10:36pm July 23, 2014

by Leila Fadel

The radical Islamic State and former associates of Saddam Hussein have fought together against Iraq's government. But the fault lines between the unlikely partners are beginning to show.

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Palestinian Imad Abudayyah and his son, Ghassan, speak to relatives in the Gaza Strip via Skype from Ramallah in the West Bank. Israeli restrictions make it extremely difficult to travel between the two territories. West Bank Palestinians have largely bee

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As Gaza Fighting Rages, West Bank Palestinians Can Only Watch

2:31pm July 23, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The West Bank and Gaza are less than 40 miles apart, and many Palestinians have ties to both places. Yet the current fighting has made it even harder than usual to stay in touch, let alone visit.

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