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    Farewell To NPR's 'Parallels' Blog — And Hello, 'World'!

    Jun 05, 2018
    After five years and nearly 3,500 stories — from Pakistan to Papua New Guinea and Paris — the Parallels blog is closing. You'll now find all of NPR's coverage from around the globe at npr.org/world.
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    Anti-abortion groups stage a counterprotest in Belfast. Some of them are members of the group Precious Life.
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    Ireland Voted To Allow Abortion. But It's Still Strictly Banned In Northern Ireland

    Jun 05, 2018
    The recent abortion referendum in Ireland is setting off calls for change in neighboring Northern Ireland, which still has strict laws on the procedure that date to Victorian times.
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    Protesters demonstrate outside the prime minister's office in Amman late on June 2, as security forces stand on alert.
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    Jordan's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests Against Austerity

    Jun 04, 2018
    King Abdullah appointed economist Omar Razzaz as his new prime minister. It will be up to Razzaz to defuse a crisis over a plan that would levy income tax even on those earning $11,000 a year.
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    Saudi women wait for their drivers outside a hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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    Hooking Up Gets Easier To Do In Saudi Arabia

    Jun 04, 2018
    These days, some young people in the conservative kingdom also use Tinder to find a match.
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    There are some 60 to 70 different sketches on the walls of the hidden room. Art historians do not believe all the drawings are the work of Michelangelo.
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    This Room Is Thought To Have Been Michelangelo's Secret Hideaway And Drawing Board

    Jun 03, 2018
    Sketches on the walls of a once hidden room of a museum in Florence help shed light on the Renaissance artist's creative process — and on a mysterious and dangerous period in his life.
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    Trees and orchards dot the road to Imam Dherai, once the headquarters of Taliban rule in the Swat Valley. Residents say the Taliban emerged in Imam Dherai in 2004, when a local charismatic preacher ran a pirate radio station from his home. He promised an
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    Once Ruled By Taliban, Residents Of Pakistan's Swat Valley Say Army Should Leave

    Jun 02, 2018
    Nearly a decade after the Pakistani army pushed out the Taliban from a scenic mountain region known as the "Switzerland of Pakistan," residents say the military has overstayed its welcome.
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    North Koreans watched a video screen in Pyongyang showing Korean Central Television news presenter Ri Chun Hee as she announced that the country had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb on Sept. 3, 2017.
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    What Summit? On North Korean TV, The News Is All About Rice Farming

    Jun 01, 2018
    "There's a big risk for the North Koreans in telegraphing too much to their own people ahead of time," says Martyn Williams, who monitors North Korean TV. "So what they do," he says, "is wait."
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    Stefan Meyer, who runs a house-painting business in Hamburg, says the ban will prevent his fleet of 10 diesel vans from using two key streets that lead to his downtown clients.
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    Could A Diesel Ban In Hamburg, Germany, Cause More Pollution? Some Residents Worry

    May 31, 2018
    The partial ban went into effect Thursday. Many Germans question whether the ban is an environmental milestone or a political shell game that could end up creating more pollution.
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    U.S. and South Korean soldiers sit inside an amphibious vehicle during an annual joint military landing exercise in Pohang, on South Korea's southeast coast, in March 2016.
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    Would The U.S. Withdraw Troops From South Korea?

    May 31, 2018
    President Trump has said U.S. forces are not on the table for potential negotiations with North Korea, but he has also complained about the cost of keeping them there.
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    Shaike El Ami prepares Sabbath dinner in his apartment. A member of a progressive Orthodox synagogue, he tries to create common ground between Orthodox and nonreligious Jews.
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    Israelis Have A Love-Hate Relationship With Jerusalem

    May 30, 2018
    One small apartment building near the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is emblematic of Israelis' mixed attitudes about the city.
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    Visitors at a park known as the Viewpoint look out on the Bay of Bengal in Sittwe.
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    'Deeply Disturbing' Conditions For Rohingya In Myanmar, And Those Yet To Return

    May 29, 2018
    "So much of what I've seen is, quite frankly, just deeply disturbing," U.S. aid chief Mark Green said after visiting a camp for Rohingya in Myanmar. For some, "this is the only reality they know."
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    Hundreds of thousands of people, including finance minister Michel Debre and culture minister Andre Malraux (center, holding hands) demonstrated in support of President Charles de Gaulle on May 30.
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    In France, The Protests Of May 1968 Reverberate Today — And Still Divide The French

    May 29, 2018
    Students are again occupying universities and workers are protesting an overhaul of the state railway. "The struggle is still the same," says a labor leader. But the protests are on a smaller scale.
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    A view of the Vladivostok harbor. U.S. and other foreign troops began landing at the city's port in 1918.
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    In Russia, Scant Traces And Negative Memories Of A Century-Old U.S. Intervention

    May 28, 2018
    As Americans accuse the Kremlin of interfering in their elections, and Russians fiercely deny it, there's no debating that the U.S. once intervened militarily in Russia — with few, if any, results.
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    In Italy, Populists' Bid To Form Government Fails After Presidential Veto

    May 27, 2018
    Furious over President Sergio Mattarella's rejection of the populist coalition's euroskeptic pick for economic minister, 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio called for Mattarella's impeachment.
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    South Korea's President Moon Jae-in speaks during a news conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Sunday. He met with Kim Jong Un on Saturday.
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    South Korea's Moon: Kim Jong Un Still Committed To Denuclearization

    May 27, 2018
    The U.S. and North Korea are moving ahead with plans for a potential summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. It comes as South Korea's president held a surprise second summit with Kim.
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    In this photo provided by the Iraqi government, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (right) and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold a press conference in Baghdad on May 20. Sadr's coalition won the largest number of seats in Iraq's parliamentary election
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    After Muqtada Al-Sadr's Surprise Win, Iraq's Political Leaders Try To Form Government

    May 26, 2018
    Two weeks after parliamentary elections delivered a surprise win for allies of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's divided political leaders are scrambling to put together a coalition government.
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    French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a meeting with Russian and French business people during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday.
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    In Russia, France's Macron Tries His Next Charm Offensive On 'Cher Vladimir'

    May 25, 2018
    Will French President Emmanuel Macron turn out to be the West's Putin whisperer?
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    Taiwan's former Deputy Defense Minister Chong-pin Lin
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    Taiwan Loses 2 More Allies To China And Scrambles Jets To Track Chinese Bomber Drills

    May 25, 2018
    Taiwan's president says China crossed a "red line" after Burkina Faso became the latest country to cut ties with the island in favor of Beijing.
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    Ato Boropi looks out the window of a police car on her way back to Goroka after the reconciliation meeting in Henganofi. "I saw something was wrong" at the meeting, she says. "But because all the eyes were on me, I felt it was not easy to tell."
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    In Papua New Guinea's Sorcery Wars, A Peacemaker Takes On Her Toughest Case

    May 24, 2018
    In the Eastern Highlands, the accusation of sorcery is a vigilante's rallying cry. Such accusations often lead to violence and are believed to be responsible for dozens of deaths every year.
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    Indonesians from different religious groups take part in a joint prayer for the victims of a bomb attack on a church in Surabaya earlier this month.
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    Family Suicide Attacks: Indonesia Must Deradicalize Mothers And Kids Too

    May 24, 2018
    Following the attacks in East Java, we may not see family suicide bombers again. But they serve as a useful wake-up call to seriously evaluate deradicalization programs.
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    Denuclearization was discussed in April at the inter-Korean summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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    North Korea Demolishes Its Nuclear Test Site In A 'Huge Explosion'

    May 24, 2018
    Journalists observed as North Korea blew up tunnels it uses for nuclear testing. But experts say it was mostly for show, and closing the site will have little impact on the nation's capabilities.
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    Anti-divorce protesters marched in Manila in February. The Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill in March that would legalize divorce.
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    Divorce Is Prohibited In The Philippines, But Moves Are Underway To Legalize It

    May 23, 2018
    The Philippines is one of only two countries where divorce remains illegal. But a new bill permitting it has passed the House. A recent survey found 53 percent of Filipinos favor allowing divorce.
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    Marcos Carbono (center) joins a protest against the weekend's election in Venezuela in front of that country's consulate in Miami. President Nicolás Maduro may have won the vote count but in the process lost the legitimacy to govern, one expert writes.
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    What The World Needs To Do After Venezuela's Vote

    May 22, 2018
    Venezuela's latest vote will worsen its crisis as it consolidates its socialist authoritarian system. But Washington is not well-positioned to lead the charge to stop it, writes Ted Piccone.
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    A Saudi woman sits in the driver's seat with a Lebanese driving instructor as they test-drive a car during an automotive exhibition for women in the capital Riyadh on May 13.
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    Arrests Of Saudi Women's Rights Activists 'Point To The Limits Of Change'

    May 22, 2018
    The arrested women "could have been powerful ambassadors for the new Saudi Arabia. Instead, they are being branded as traitors," says Kristian Ulrichsen of Rice University.
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    People watch a TV showing images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right), South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump — and the words "Thawing Korean Peninsula" — at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea on March 7.
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    As Trump-Kim Summit Approaches, South Korea's Leader Heads To White House

    May 21, 2018
    The talks are still expected to happen next month in Singapore, despite North Korea's threats to back out. The South Korean president is playing mediator to keep things on track.

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