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Voices of Turkey's Purged

Voices of Turkey's Purged

The night of July 15, Seda was at home in Erzurum, a town in eastern Turkey, when she got a call from her son…

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Freed From the Islamic State, but Far From Free

Freed From the Islamic State, but Far From Free

DOHUK, Iraq - During her 19 months of captivity under the Islamic State, Nofa Mahlo, a 37-year-old Yazidi wom…

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Real-life accounts of what it's like to be "smuggled like drugs" across Europe

Real-life accounts of what it's like to be "smuggled like drugs" across Europe

"They smuggle us like drugs," says Yassir, a 23-year-old Afghan. "And if we don't do what they say, they thre…

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Turkey's Covert War

Turkey's Covert War

In Diyarbakir, Turkey, large pieces of white tarp hang vertically in the alleys, blocking the view of anyone …

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Amid rats and mud, refugees struggle in French camp

Amid rats and mud, refugees struggle in French camp

Not far from the "Jungle" in Calais, 3,000 people live among foul swamps in another refugee camp. The inhuman…

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The Price of Gold in the Twenty-First Century

The Price of Gold in the Twenty-First Century

In June 2014, the Peruvian government moved to gut the nation's already dismal environmental policies in effo…

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A First-Hand Account From the Turkish Border

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A First-Hand Account From the Turkish Border

More than three years have passed since protesters took the streets in Syria. What began as a call for democr…

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Unregulated drone use soars in Latin America

Unregulated drone use soars in Latin America

Over the last decade, drones have made headlines as tools for covert bombing campaigns in the Middle East and…

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Lighting the world's poorest corners, cleanly

Lighting the world's poorest corners, cleanly

Worldwide, 1.6 billion people live without electricity. And while experts estimate trillions of dollars will …

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UConn professor travels the world looking for parasites

UConn professor travels the world looking for parasites

STORRS, Conn. --They are nematodes, isopods, barnacles and leeches. They sit in ethanol-filled test tubes on …

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The never-ending harvest: Syrian refugees exploited on Turkish farms

The never-ending harvest: Syrian refugees exploited on Turkish farms

Drawn by year-round agricultural work, Syrian refugees flock to southern Turkey but often end up underpaid an…

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