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Thursday

Salah Abdeslam, 26, is a suspect in last November's Paris attack. He was arrested recently in Brussels and is to be extradited to Paris. He and his brother, a suicide bomber in the Paris attack, both spent time in prison for dealing drugs. Uncredited/AP hide caption

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ISIS Attracts Ex-Cons, Creating A New Brand Of Jihadist

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A 2013 photo of Adelma Tapia Ruiz, provided by her brother Fernando Tapia Ruiz, shows Ruiz with her Belgian husband, Christophe Delcambe, and their twin daughters, Maureen and Alondra. Ruiz died in Tuesday's attacks. A split-second decision saved her husband and daughters from sharing her fate: Delcambe had taken the girls out of the check-in line to play for a moment when the bomb exploded. AP hide caption

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A Myanmarese migrant and her child seek care at a refugee health clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. Mae Sot, a town along the Thai-Myanmar border, is home to many Myanmarese migrants, some of whom are there illegally. Wudan Yan/for NPR hide caption

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Asylum-Seekers Stuck At Greece-Macedonia Border Angered By Their Plight

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Wednesday

Dirk van der Maelen, a Social Democratic member of Belgium's Federal Parliament, defends the country's motto, seen here: "Unity makes strength." He think Belgium needs to remain unified, now more than ever. But there are also renewed calls for the country to split into two. Melissa Block/NPR hide caption

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Belgium Terrorist Attacks Prompt A Renewed Sectarian Debate

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Belgium Interior Minister Blames Neglect On Security Failures

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In One Italian Village, Nearly 300 Residents Are Over 100 Years Old

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EgyptAir hijack suspect Seif Eldin Mustafa (middle) is escorted by Cypriot police officers as he leaves a court after a remand hearing in Cyprus. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption

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Surveillance Video Suggests ISIS Is Interested In Building A Dirty Bomb

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Tuesday

Belgian police and soldiers secure the area outside the Zaventem Airport in Brussels on Tuesday. The airport has been closed since the March 22 suicide bombing, and there's still no date for reopening it. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP hide caption

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A Week Later, No Word On When Brussels Will Reopen The Airport

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1 Week After Brussels Attack, More Government, Other Offices Reopen

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Monday

Playwright Ismaël Saïdi speaks to a mostly-Muslim students at a school in the Brussels district of Laeken, where two suicide-bombers grew up. Teri Schultz for NPR hide caption

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In Tough Brussels District, School Urges Students To Fight Intolerance

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