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Standoff Over Hostages Continues In Algeria

7:25pm January 19, 2013

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has an update on the situation at an Algerian gas facility where Islamic extremists took western hostages four days ago. The Algerian government says the fates of all the workers at the facility will be known by the end of the day.

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Kenyans Expect More From U.S. President With African Roots

9:11am January 18, 2013

by Gregory Warner

As President Obama prepares to start another term next week, Morning Edition has asked NPR's foreign correspondents to gauge worldwide expectations for the president's next four years. In Kenya, where pride still runs deep for the president with Kenyan roots, expectations of America's role have shifted from donor aid, to partner in trade.

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Prospector In Australia Finds Giant Gold Nugget

9:11am January 18, 2013

The owner of the local gold shop told the Herald newspaper that if the anonymous prospector was "silly enough to melt it down," it would be worth nearly $300,000. Unlikely, since its size and shape make it so rare.

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Taliban Militants Target Afghan Intelligence Center

7:16am January 18, 2013

by Sean Carberry

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a multi-pronged suicide bombing attack on Afghanistan's intelligence headquarters in Kabul in Wednesday. It was the second attack on the spy headquarters in little more than a month.

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Algeria Hostage-Taking Could Be Retaliation For France's Actions In Mali

7:16am January 18, 2013

by Eleanor Beardsley

Islamist militants attacked and seized a gas field in Algeria on Wednesday and said they were holding dozens of foreign workers hostage, including seven Americans. The militants said the attack is retaliation for France's military intervention in Mali.

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A Syrian boy carries a pile of bread as people crowd outside a bakery in the Salaheddin district of Aleppo, on Oct. 25, 2012.

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Jihadi Fighters Win Hearts And Minds By Easing Syria's Bread Crisis

7:16am January 18, 2013

by Kelly McEvers

Jihadi groups have stepped in to provide fuel and generators to get Aleppo bakeries running again. [Please see full story/text for a post-broadcast correction.]

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The Evolving Hostage Crisis In Algeria

2:11pm January 17, 2013

In an ongoing crisis in North Africa, the Algerian military has reportedly launched an operation in response to the dozens of hostages taken by extremist groups at a gas field near the Libyan border. NPR's Neal Conan talks with University of Cambridge lecturer George Joffe about the evolving situation.

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Ahmed (center) is staying at the school but will soon join his brother Yehya to go fight with anti-government rebels to earn money.

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For Those Still In Syria, A Daily Struggle

8:16pm January 16, 2013

by Kelly McEvers

The situation is dire for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees seeking shelter outside the nation's borders, but inside, the numbers are even higher. NPR's Kelly McEvers spent the night in one school, one of thousands, where families are taking cover from the shelling and fighting.

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Japan Grounds All Boeing Dreamliners

6:04am January 16, 2013

by Wendy Kaufman

The move came just hours after an All Nippon Airlines 787 was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot detected an apparent problem with the planes electrical system.

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France To Send More Troops To Mali To Combat Islamist Militants

8:22pm January 15, 2013

by Eleanor Beardsley

As France wages war on the Islamists in Africa, French authorities are girding for possible terror attacks back home. But the French show no sign of wavering in their support for the Mali operation.

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