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Kenyans Cheer Opening Of Mombasa-Nairobi Railway

A standard gauge rail locomotive carrying Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pulls into the railway station in the city of Voi on Wednesday, during an inaugural ride on the railway from Mombasa to Nairobi. Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Kenyans Cheer Opening Of Mombasa-Nairobi Railway

The line was financed with more than $3 billion borrowed from the Chinese government. A Chinese company built it, and a Chinese company will operate it for the first five years.

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Bahrain Court Orders Dissolution Of Country's Last Major Opposition Group

Waad was one of the opposition groups that participated in a Sept. 2013 demonstration. Before a court ordered it to dissolve today, it was the only major opposition group still operating in the country. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption

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Bahrain Court Orders Dissolution Of Country's Last Major Opposition Group

The court order targets the secular National Democratic Action Society. Human rights groups are decrying the court order, saying it amounts to a de facto ban on all opposition in the country.

Culture

Seamus Heaney Poems Come To Life In Belfast, Ireland

Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor has just spent the past semester teaching in Belfast, Ireland. She talks about how Seamus Heaney poems and visions of home swirled in her head.

Seamus Heaney Poems Come To Life In Belfast, Ireland

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Kabul Car Bomb Explosion Kills At Least 80, Wounds Hundreds

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Reuters Afghanistan correspondent Josh Smith about Wednesday's terrorist attack in Kabul that killed at least 80 people. A bomb hidden in a truck went off during morning rush hour.

Kabul Car Bomb Explosion Kills At Least 80, Wounds Hundreds

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Business

Chinese Labor Conditions Threaten Value Of Ivanka Trump's Brand

Brand experts discuss whether news about labor conditions in China could have an impact on the value of Ivanka Trump's brands in the U.S.

Chinese Labor Conditions Threaten Value Of Ivanka Trump's Brand

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Europe

Hungary Proposes Closing University Founded By Financier George Soros

The Hungarian government wants to close a university founded by the financier George Soros. Students and faculty have appealed to the U.S. for help, but some Republican lawmakers think Soros is the problem.

Hungary Proposes Closing University Founded By Financier George Soros

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As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target

A truck burns behind a man perched near a traffic barrier in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday. In more than 60 days of unrest, at least 60 people have died in violence related to protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption

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As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target

Goldman Sachs has been accused of giving President Nicolas Maduro a lifeline with a $2.8 billion bond deal. Meanwhile, in Venezuela's streets, protests calling for his ouster show no sign of abating.

China Detains Activist Investigating Factory Making Ivanka Trump Shoes

A Huajian shoe factory, which has been investigated by labor activists, makes Ivanka Trump-branded shoes, among others, in China. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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China Detains Activist Investigating Factory Making Ivanka Trump Shoes

Two other Chinese labor activists are missing and presumed to be detained by police. The three were working undercover to document alleged labor abuses.

China Detains Activist Investigating Factory Making Ivanka Trump Shoes

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Manchester Bomber Bought Most Of Weapon's Parts By Himself, Police Say

A photo issued Saturday by the Greater Manchester Police shows Salman Abedi in an unknown location on May 22, the night of the Manchester Arena attack. Police altered the background of the image. Greater Manchester Police/AP hide caption

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Manchester Bomber Bought Most Of Weapon's Parts By Himself, Police Say

U.K. authorities are still trying to find the distinctive blue suitcase Salman Abedi was seen carrying as he moved around Manchester's city center.

Europe

Trump Tweets U.S. Has A Massive Trade Deficit With Germany

Rachel Martin talks to Constanze Stelzenmuller, who studies Germany and European foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, about what Trump's words mean for U.S.-German relations.

Trump Tweets U.S. Has A Massive Trade Deficit With Germany

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Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

Mohammad Al Abdallah, the executive director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, shows a video that was posted to YouTube of illegal cluster bombing in Syria. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

A human rights group finds itself with an interesting problem — an overwhelming number of videos to catalog as it builds legal cases. Computer scientists are creating tools to analyze the videos.

Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

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Massive Bomb Blast Reverberates Across Afghan Capital Kabul

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more wounded when the blast went off during morning rush hour. Steve Inskeep talks to Mujib Mashal, a correspondent for The New York Times, who's in Kabul.

Massive Bomb Blast Reverberates Across Afghan Capital Kabul

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