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The Two-Way
Nestlé's Maggi instant noodles gained popularity in India as the snack of the middle class in the 1980s.

India Orders Nestlé To Stop Selling Some Noodle Soup Products

Jun 05, 2015
India's Food Safety and Standards Authority said that the soups were "unsafe and hazardous for human consumption." Nestlé said the products had not been tested properly.
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The Two-Way

China Says U.S. Allegations That It Was Behind Cyberattack Are 'Irresponsible'

Jun 05, 2015
On Thursday, the U.S. revealed that the records of 4 million federal employees may have been compromised. China says these attacks are hard to track, so the U.S. should not jump to conclusions.
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Goats and Soda
MERS case count as of Thursday. By Friday, the count grew to 41.

South Korea's MERS Crisis Exposes Public Distrust Of Leaders

Jun 05, 2015
In a fast-changing health crisis, South Korea's government is holding back key data amid calls for more openness. That's only adding to growing doubt that leaders can handle the situation.
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Goats and Soda
Patient one: A businessman brought the Middle East respiratory syndrome to South Korea in early May. Since then, he has likely spread the virus to more than 20 other people. Several of those have passed the virus onto others.

Viral Superspreader? How One Man Triggered A Deadly MERS Outbreak

Jun 04, 2015
In the past week, cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome have more than tripled in South Korea. Researchers now have a clue to why the outbreak has grown so large, so quickly.
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Goats and Soda
A farmer in southwest Bangladesh holds ripe rice that can grow in saline water.

Climate Change-Ready Rice Keeps Farmers' Fields Fertile

Jun 04, 2015
Climate change has made some soil in Bangladesh more salty, so many farmers have had to leave fields fallow. But what if there were rice varieties that could naturally tolerate the salty conditions?
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The Two-Way
A relative of passengers on board the Eastern Star cruise ship is comforted by a man along the Yangtze River's banks in Jianli, China. Relatives of people missing after the cruise ship capsized have gathered at the disaster site.

Chinese Cruise Ship Death Toll Rises To 75

Jun 04, 2015
Rescue teams have now cut holes through parts of the overturned ship's hull, but they've found no more survivors from the ship that carried more than 450 people.
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Goats and Soda
A student wearing a face mask stands in a public square in Seoul on June 3. More than 200 primary schools shut down as South Korea has struggled to contain an outbreak of the MERS virus.

MERS In S. Korea Is Bad News But It's Not Yet Time To Panic

Jun 03, 2015
Fears that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome could sweep through the region seem to be overblown. But researchers say there's still a lot they don't know about the potentially fatal virus.
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The Two-Way
Nestlé's Maggi instant noodles gained popularity in India as the snack of the middle class in the 1980s.

Nestlé India In Hot Water Over Reports Of Excess Lead In Noodle Soup

Jun 03, 2015
Sales of the popular instant soup, sold under the brand Maggi, have plunged since the food safety dispute erupted in India.
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Goats and Soda
Since the first case on May 20, confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, have swelled to at least 30 in South Korea.

Classes Canceled, 1,300 Quarantined In S. Korea's Scramble To Stop MERS

Jun 03, 2015
Additional confirmed cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, have led to more than 200 school closures and a minor public panic in South Korea.
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The Two-Way
Rescue teams work Wednesday at the site of the overturned ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province.

More Than 400 Missing In Chinese Boat Disaster; Government Orders Censorship

Jun 03, 2015
Of the more than 450 people who were aboard the Eastern Star when it capsized in rough weather Monday night, only 14 have reportedly been rescued.
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Goats and Soda
Daily confirmed MERS cases, as reported by South Korea's Health Ministry

South Koreans Mask Up In The Face Of MERS Scare

Jun 02, 2015
The spread of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, virus has sent sales of surgical masks soaring. Do they really help?
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Goats and Soda
Schoolchildren in a Nepali village stand in a cornfield and observe a moment of silence to remember earthquake victims.

A Moment Of Silence After School Reopens In A Nepali Town

Jun 02, 2015
The homeless students now meet in tents. On Day 2 of classes, they paid tribute to their country's 8,500 earthquake-related deaths.
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Parallels
Migrants sit on their boat as they wait to be rescued by fishermen off East Aceh, Indonesia, on May 20. Thousands of Rohingya migrants have fled Myanmar and many have been stranded at sea as part of the growing migrant crisis in Southeast Asia.

The Human Rights Issue A Nobel Laureate Doesn't Want To Touch

Jun 02, 2015
Aung San Suu Kyi has been universally praised in her battle for democracy in Myanmar. But she has been conspicuously silent about the worsening plight of the Rohingya minority in her homeland.
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Parallels
Wang, a young human rights lawyer, argues that Chinese people have to push the government to build a system of rule of law. She did not want her full face shown to protect her identity.

A Rare, Spontaneous Democracy Debate In A Shanghai Taxi

Jun 01, 2015
NPR's Frank Langfitt has been driving around Shanghai offering free rides to learn about real life in China. But he was recently a taxi passenger when something unusual happened.
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The Two-Way
The relative of a worker who died in the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse mourns April 24 in front of a monument erected in memory of the victims. Authorities on Monday charged more than 40 people with murder in connection with the building's collapse that kille

Murder Charges In Bangladesh Over 2013 Garment Factory Collapse

Jun 01, 2015
More than 40 people were charged in connection with the collapse of the Rana Plaza that killed 1,137 people.
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Goats and Soda

How A Drunken Chipmunk Voice Helps Send A Public Service Message

Jun 01, 2015
First you get a crazy message from a friend. Then you get a not-so-crazy message that could help you find a job or fight a disease.
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Goats and Soda
From inside their street-level cages, prostitutes try to attract potential customers: men who walk up and down the busy street sizing up each woman.

Mary Ellen Mark And The Caged Prostitutes Of Mumbai

May 30, 2015
The photographer, who died this week, turned her lens on the marginal people of the world. One of her most acclaimed projects was her series of photos taken in the brothels of Mumbai.
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Goats and Soda
In this photo from 2014, passengers walk past the Middle East respiratory syndrome quarantine area at Manila's International Airport in the Phillipines. The virus is now raising public concern in South Korea.

South Korea Struggles To Contain Deadly MERS Virus' Spread

May 30, 2015
Health officials in South Korea are coming under fire after cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, swelled from one to 13 inside of two weeks.
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The Two-Way
This aerial photo taken through the window of a military plane shows the dilapidated Sierra Madre ship of the Philippine navy anchored near Ayungin Shoal with Filipino soldiers onboard to secure perimeter in the Spratly Islands on May 11.

U.S. Defense Secretary: Militarization of South China Sea Is Unacceptable

May 29, 2015
The concern follows reports that China has placed mobile artillery on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands chain, where Beijing is in the midst of unilateral land reclamation and construction.
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The Two-Way
Dugway Proving Ground military base, seen here in 2010, was the source of several anthrax shipments that are suspected of containing live samples of the disease.

Live Anthrax Was Mistakenly Sent To 9 States And A U.S. Military Base

May 28, 2015
The Pentagon says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.
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The Two-Way
An Indian farmer sits today in his dried up land in Gauribidanur village, in southern India's Karnataka state. More than 750 people are died in a heat wave that has swept across the country.

Heat Wave Claims More Than 750 Lives In India

May 26, 2015
Most of the deaths have occurred in southern Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. But high temperatures persist across much of the country of 1 billion people.
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The Salt
Pluckers on Jungpana Tea Estate during the monsoon, Darjeeling, India.

Sip It Slowly, And Other Lessons From The Oldest Tea Book In The World

May 26, 2015
Over 800 years before tea was known in the West, a Chinese master penned the The Classic of Tea. In it, he blends the practical with the spiritual and emphasizes rituals from cultivation to drinking.
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The Two-Way
A Malaysian forensic team personnel handles bags of human remains found at abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the Malaysia-Thailand border in Wang Kelian on Monday.

Police: Malaysia Uncovers 139 Mass Graves Believed To Hold Migrants

May 25, 2015
Most of the victims are believed to be Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar. They are held until their families pay more money, which few can afford to do.
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The Two-Way

Malaysia Finds Gravesites In Camps Used By People Smugglers

May 24, 2015
The gruesome discovery of the sites thought to contain dozens or possibly hundreds of remains of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, follows a similar find this month across the border in Thailand.
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Asia

Activists Cross The DMZ In Controversial Peace Demonstration

May 24, 2015
Famed American feminist Gloria Steinem has taken her activism to the border between North and South Korea. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Elise Hu about the demonstration aimed at reunifying two nations.
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