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Afghan Cycling Federation Coach Faces Corruption Charges

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Shannon Galpin, founder of the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain, about withdrawing her support of the scandal-plagued Afghanistan Women's Cycling Team.

Afghan Cycling Federation Coach Faces Corruption Charges

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A Cease-Fire In Name Alone

Firefighters combat a blaze on April 29, after regime helicopters targeted a medical center in an opposition-controlled region of Aleppo, Syria. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion

Simon Says

A Cease-Fire In Name Alone

NPR's Scott Simon considers the breathtaking toll of the violence in Syria.

A Cease-Fire In Name Alone

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6 Sensational Photos From A Global Contest With 230,000 Entries

A young man from Bali, Indonesia, shows off his rainbow-colored rooster before a cockfight. Courtesy of Ruben Salgado Escudero and the World Photography Organization hide caption

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Goats and Soda

6 Sensational Photos From A Global Contest With 230,000 Entries

From a man with his pet rooster in Bali to the victim of an acid attack in Iran, here are some of the featured images from the Sony World Photography Awards.

Joining ISIS: It's Not Always For Reasons You Might Assume

Ahmed Darwish appears in a police station in Rumeilan, northern Syria, after being captured by Kurdish fighters as he was running away from a battle. He was wounded in a coalition airstrike in support of anti-ISIS forces. "There was camaraderie, friendship, like a brotherhood between us," he says of his time in ISIS. Alice Fordham/NPR hide caption

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Parallels

Joining ISIS: It's Not Always For Reasons You Might Assume

Two ISIS fighters captured in Syria say they joined the militant group as a way to fight an oppressive regime. But it also provided friendship, and it didn't seem much more violent than other options.

Joining ISIS: It's Not Always For Reasons You Might Assume

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Friday

Middle East

Hospital Bombings Highlight Challenges Health Care Providers Face In War Zones

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Jonathan Whittall, head of humanitarian analysis for Doctors Without Borders, about how bombings of hospitals affect relief organizations in war zones.

Hospital Bombings Highlight Challenges Health Care Providers Face In War Zones

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National Security

U.S. Releases Final Report On Deadly Hospital Attack In Afghanistan

The Pentagon released its final report into what it called the accidental destruction of a hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed more than 40 people. More than a dozen troops were disciplined, but none are facing courts-martial or other punishment beyond reprimands expected to end their careers.

U.S. Releases Final Report On Deadly Hospital Attack In Afghanistan

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National Security

Senate Critics Question Legality Of Military Operation In Syria

Critics in the Senate charge that, of all the foreign forces operating in Syria today, the Russians are on the most solid legal ground. Damascus has invited Russia to make its deployment, whereas neither Congress nor Syria has ever explicitly authorized any American military involvement there.

Senate Critics Question Legality Of Military Operation In Syria

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Pentagon Report Says Airstrike On Afghan Hospital Wasn't A War Crime

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, briefs reporters on the release of the investigation into the U.S. airstrikes on the Doctors With Borders trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Molly Riley/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Pentagon Report Says Airstrike On Afghan Hospital Wasn't A War Crime

The Pentagon's investigation says none of the military personnel involved knew they were attacking a hospital. It says the assault, which killed dozens of people, was caused by a series of errors.

U.S. Steel Says China Is Using Cyber Stealth To Steal Its Secrets

A steel mill in Tangshan, in China's Hebei province. U.S. Steel claims that the Chinese government dumps steel at unfair prices and uses computer hackers to steal intellectual property. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

U.S. Steel Says China Is Using Cyber Stealth To Steal Its Secrets

The steelmaker is asking a U.S. agency to investigate its claims that the Chinese government not only dumps steel at unfair prices, but also uses computer hackers to steal intellectual property.