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Deadly bomb blasts rock Mumbai, India

Story from Here and Now. Use audio player above to listen to full report.Three rush-hour explosions have left over a dozen people dead and dozens more injured in Mumbai, India's financial capital. The...

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CIA's fake vaccination program to get Bin Laden

Story from PRI's The World. Use audio player above to listen to full report.The CIA ran a fake vaccine program in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad to try to get a DNA sample from the family of Al-Qaeda...

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Terrorist attack in Mumbai

Story from The Takeway. Use audio player above to listen to full report.Homemade bombs exploded within 15 minutes of each other in a coordinated attack that targeted the busiest districts of the...

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Full story behind Bin Laden raid revealed

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report.On May 1, a group of U.S. Navy SEALs entered Pakistan in Blackhawk helicopters and raided a compound in Abottobad, where they found and...

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Examining 10 years of US counterterrorism

Story from The Takeaway. Use audio player above for full report.In their new book, "Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against al-Qaeda," New York Times reporters Eric Schmitt...

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White House issues guidelines for 9/11 commemorations

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report.With the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the horizon, the Obama administration has quietly issued two sets of...

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The truth behind 9/11 conspiracy theorists, 'Truthers'

Story from Here and Now. Listen to audio above for full report.On September 11, 2001, two planes crashed into the Twin Towers in NYC, one plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and a final...

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How 9/11 prompted more young people to enter the military

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio for full report.Since 9/11, more and more young people have opted to enter the military. In the past three years, the U.S. Military has overwhelmingly exceeded...

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Officials receive tip on terrorism threat for New York, DC

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio for full report.Last night, as President Obama was giving his jobs speech, federal authorities were confirming reports that there is a specific, credible...

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Surprising finding on resilience of 9/11 survivors

Story by Rhitu Chatterjee, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.Sandro Galea, a public health professor at Columbia University, was one of the first scientists to study the...

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Guantanamo Bay and an unending war on terror

Story from Here and Now. Listen to audio for full report.It's been nearly two years since the President signed the executive order shutting down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. But the new...

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FBI arrests man plotting to blow up Pentagon, Capitol Building

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report.Law enforcement officials accused a 26-year-old man from a town west of Boston of plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the Capitol...

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American-born Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report.Leading Al Qaeda figure Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen, according to government officials in the country. Al-Awlaki is connected with...

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U.S. foils Iran's plot against Saudi ambassador

 Story from PRI's The World. Listen above to the full audio report. U.S. officials are saying they have disrupted a major Iranian government plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the...

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Alleged Iranian terror plot has 'B-movie' quality

Story by The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report.One suspect is in custody and another suspect is on the run — presumed to be in Iran — in connection with a bizarre terror plot that would...

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If true, Iran's terror plot would be new chapter for Quds Force

Story from PRI's The World. Listen above to the full audio report.A day after the U.S. government announced it had foiled what it says was an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to...

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Basque separatist group ETA announces it will lay down arms

ETA, a group of violent extremist in the Basque region of Spain and France, announced Thursday that they would lay down their arms, but continue their efforts to create a separate Basque...

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Obama administration considering whether to test anthrax vaccine on children

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.A small group of the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) has endorsed a plan to test the anthrax vaccine in children,...

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Spanish facing major changes as elections loom and Basque terror ends

Story from PRI's The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.Change is in the air in Spain. Next month, the country holds general elections.The vote could oust the Socialist Party from...

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New book looks at John Brown's role in starting American Civil War

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.As American marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, some historians are looking back at how we got there.The...

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