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Is North Korea Changing — Or Resisting Change?

Recent developments in North Korea are puzzling watchers of the "Hermit Kingdom" in both the U.S. and South Korea. There are some signs of change within the new leadership in North Korea — and there...

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N. Korea May Stage Nuclear Test After Rocket Launch

As North Korea reaches the final stage of preparations for a long-range rocket launch, concern is growing that it is in the early stages of preparing its underground test site for another nuclear...

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Facing Tougher Sanctions, Iran Enters Nuclear Talks

For the first time in more than a year, diplomats from Iran will meet with representatives from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China — plus...

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For Putin's Third Term As President, A New Russia

On Monday, Vladimir Putin will again become president of Russia. When he is inaugurated in the Kremlin, it will be for a third term, even though the Russian constitution limits presidents to two...

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For A Third Time, Putin Returns As Russia's President

Vladimir Putin is once again the president of Russia. Putin, who held the job from 2000 to 2008, spent the past four years as prime minister because the Russian Constitution prohibits a third...

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In This Russian Trial, The Defendant Is A Dead Man

The Russian government is about to put a dead man on trial. Sergei Magnitsky was a tax lawyer for the investment fund Hermitage Capital, at one time the largest foreign investment firm in Russia. In...

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To Tap Arctic Oil, Russia Partners With Exxon Mobil

Russia is still the world's largest producer of oil and gas, but growth has stalled and to get to new supplies requires going to a very difficult place — the Arctic. "If you want to be in this business...

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Planned E.U. Oil Embargo Looks Set To Squeeze Iran

On July 1, the European Union says it will stop buying oil from Iran. Europe is one of the most important markets for Iran's oil, and in anticipation of the boycott, Iranian oil exports worldwide are...

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Iran's Nuclear Fatwa: A Policy Or A Ploy?

It's been an article of faith for nearly a decade that Iran's supreme leader issued a fatwa — a religious edict — that nuclear weapons are a sin and Iran has no intention of acquiring them. President...

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Pakistan Will Reopen NATO Supply Lines

Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Pakistan and the United States have reached agreement to reopen the strategic land supply routes from Pakistan into Afghanistan. Pakistan closed those routes last...

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'Hard Questions' Remain In U.S.-Pakistan Relations

A U.S. operation in the mountains near Afghanistan last November killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan wanted an apology. The U.S. refused. In response, Pakistan shut down supply routes to Afghanistan...

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The Cost Of Women's Rights In Northwest Pakistan

Earlier this month, 25-year-old Farida Afridi, who ran an organization that provides information for women about their rights, was gunned down in the street, near the city of Peshawar in northwest...

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It's Deja Vu As Pakistan's Political Crisis Deepens

An ongoing political crisis has left Pakistan's government paralyzed and near collapse, as the country's Supreme Court attempts to revive corruption charges against the president in an apparent effort...

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In Pakistan, Sounds Of A Different Kind Of Drone

Bagpipes and Scotland? Aye, it's a natural association: Played for centuries, the instrument is especially identified with the Scottish military and traditional Scottish dress, tartan kilts and shawls....

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From All Sides, Iran Under Siege

Iran appears to be facing a crisis more serious than anything it has experienced since its war with Iraq in the 1980s. Diplomatically, President Bashar Assad's regime is under threat from the widening...

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Another Round Of Iranian Nuclear Talks To Begin

Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Talks with Iran on its controversial nuclear program are set to...

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As Sanctions Take A Toll, Debate In Iran Heats Up

Yukiya Amano is frustrated. Last week, Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told a meeting of the agency in Vienna that he is aggravated by Iran's unwillingness to...

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Panic Rises In Iran As Currency Plunges To New Lows

Large crowds of anxious Iranians gathered in Tehran on Sunday and Monday at foreign exchange offices — some of which had shuttered their doors — as Iran's currency continues its free fall . From Sunday...

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Signals From Iran Indicate Willingness To Talk

Iran is hurting. Economic and banking sanctions, plus an effective oil embargo led by the European Union, have brought chaos to Iran's economy. The bottom fell out of its currency, the rial, a couple...

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To Combat Sanctions, Iran Buys Up Gold

Iran is stockpiling gold. That's the way David Cohen sees it. He's undersecretary of the Treasury, and the Treasury's point man for the banking sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Iran. "Iran is...

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