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Police Capture Mexican Mayor Accused Of Ordering Student Kidnappings

12:23pm November 04, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Federal police said José Luis Abarca and his wife were captured near Mexico City. Authorities say Abarca, the former mayor of Iguala, ordered local police to kidnap protesting students.

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Indian Supreme Court Says Ban On Female Makeup Artists Is Discrimination

11:55am November 04, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The union that represents makeup artists in the world's largest film industry bars women from doing the job. The court called it a "constitutionally impermissible discrimination."

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China Says It's Developed A Laser To Bring Down Drones

11:16am November 04, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The laser, China said, can destroy small-scale drones flying at a low altitude. The U.S. tested a similar system, last year. It put it aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf.

American Ryan Boyette, left, works with Yassin Hassen, right, in an interview with a rebel in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Boyette started the Nuba Reports website in 2011 and recruited Hassen to join as a citizen journalist.

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In A Remote Corner Of Sudan, An American Takes His Stand

9:55am November 04, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

Ryan Boyette arrived in the Nuba Mountains more than a decade ago and has made it his mission to document abuses he says the government carries out with regularity.

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Hope Fades For Release Of Nigerian Girls Held By Boko Haram

8:21am November 04, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Two weeks ago, Nigeria's military announced a ceasefire with the Islamist extremists group Boko Haram and said more than 200 girls abducted by the group would soon be free. But Boko Haram's leader has issued a video denying a truce and saying the girls have converted to Islam and been married off.

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Attacker Made Video Of Himself Before Shooting, Canadian Police Say

8:46pm November 03, 2014

by Dana Farrington

Police say they have "persuasive evidence" the shooting at a war memorial and Parliament building was ideologically and politically driven. The video, under analysis, will not be released for now.

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Rebel Group Encounters Setback In Syria

8:07pm November 03, 2014

Robert Siegel talks to Washington Post reporter Liz Sly about her recent report from Syria, where moderate rebel groups were routed over the weekend in the northern part of the country.

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Supreme Court Case Tests Status Of Jerusalem

6:23pm November 03, 2014

by Nina Totenberg

Can U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem list Israel as their place of birth on their passports? A 12-year-old boy is contesting the U.S. position that no one has sovereignty over the city.

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A child receives a polio vaccine during National Immunization Days in the Nigerian city of Kano.

It Turns Out That Fighting Polio Is Good Training To Fight Ebola

4:31pm November 03, 2014

by Joanne Silberner

Nigeria knows how to beat back polio. And that's helped in the battle against Ebola. But other West African countries are struggling to beat the deadly virus — and neglecting anti-polio efforts.

Nepal's sacred goats are escorted to a field to grab a bite. Luckily for them, they will never become a bite.

Holy Goats! They're Kind Of A Big Deal In One Nepali Town

3:07pm November 03, 2014

by Donatella Lorch

The people of Nepal like goat dishes. They like goat sacrifices. But not all local goats meet such a fate. In one town, goats do as they please. After all, they're divine!