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Azadi
Belief
Tour the American city where Kurdish sounds and flavors thrive
NOAA researchers Carrie McAtee and Kristine Meise board a rigid hull inflatable boat deployed from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island.
Environment
For a team of researchers stranded on an island with a storm coming, the solution was simple. Send in the Navy
NOAA researchers Carrie McAtee and Kristine Meise board a rigid hull inflatable boat deployed from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island.
Environment
For a team of researchers stranded on an island with a storm coming, the solution was simple. Send in the Navy
People with portraits of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rally in support of him in Baghdad on August 11, 2014.
Conflict
The fight against ISIS takes a back seat to squabbles in Baghdad
Health
Liberia doesn’t have many doctors, and it’s battling Ebola with minimal supplies
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine stops along a road in the city of Voronezh August 12, 2014. The convoy carrying tons of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Ru
Conflict
Few in Ukraine are buying that Russia is sending a ‘humanitarian’ convoy to their country
Chiquita bananas are displayed for sale in a London store. Shares in Irish banana company Fyffes slumped on Monday after Cutrale Group and Brazilian investment firm Safra Group offered to buy Chiquita Brands, threatening Fyffes' earlier deal with Chiquita
Business
A Brazilian company bids to become Chiquita’s orange knight
Chiquita bananas are displayed for sale in a London store. Shares in Irish banana company Fyffes slumped on Monday after Cutrale Group and Brazilian investment firm Safra Group offered to buy Chiquita Brands, threatening Fyffes' earlier deal with Chiquita
Business
A Brazilian company bids to become Chiquita’s orange knight
1st Lt. Tim McLaughlin serves in Iraq, near Baghdad in April 2003.
Global Politics
A Marine who fought in Iraq reflects on the country’s challenges today
1st Lt. Tim McLaughlin serves in Iraq, near Baghdad in April 2003.
Global Politics
A Marine who fought in Iraq reflects on the country’s challenges today
Robin Williams entertains troops during a USO performance.
Culture
Many veterans remember Robin Williams’ morale-boosting performances for the troops
Conservationists are trying to protect the ocean waters around Palau, a small island nation in the South Pacific due east of the Philippines. The waters are recognized as one of the seven underwater wonders of the world, with more than 1,300 species of fi
Environment
Conservationists are working to create more national parks at sea
A US cartoon from 1877, showing Russia as an octopus spreading its tentacles over Europe and south-west Asia. In that year, Russia went to war to ‘save’ Orthodox Christian rebels in the Ottoman Empire.
Conflict
Moscow has a long history of making interesting excuses for its military interventions
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for August 12, 2014
Music
It’s not every day that a 10-year-old blind boy from Quebec sings the blues
Music
It’s not every day that a 10-year-old blind boy from Quebec sings the blues
The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.
Lifestyle
Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world
The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.
Lifestyle
Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world
Residents along the border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley express their sentiments on properties up and down the Rio Grande River.
Justice
For some Texans on the border, more walls and patrols won’t solve the immigration crisis