2015년 2월 25일 수요일

'Torture Report' Reshapes Conversation In Guantanamo Courtroom Plus 9 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 25, 2015
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'Torture Report' Reshapes Conversation In Guantanamo Courtroom
Last year's release of a Senate report on CIA interrogation practices means lawyers for the accused Sept. 11 plotters can now discuss in court the treatment they say their clients endured.
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'2014 Was A Catastrophic Year,' Amnesty International Says
The group faults the U.S. on a range of issues, including the use of excessive force by police. It also says governments "must stop pretending the protection of civilians is beyond their power."
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Guilty Verdict Returned In 'American Sniper' Murder Trial
Former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield.
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France Warns Russia And Its Allies Not To Advance On Ukrainian Port City
The foreign ministers of the four signatories to the Minsk cease-fire agreement met in Paris to discuss the fighting in Ukraine. Kiev worries that the separatists' next target will be Mariupol.
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Recruiting Better Talent With Brain Games And Big Data
Some companies are using surveys or brain games to assess what kind of workers candidates are. Employers say the tests can help reduce turnover and surface talent recruiters might otherwise overlook.
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Music
Bryan Hymel's Hefty High Cs
A young tenor from New Orleans elegantly launches high Cs in a stirring but punishingly difficult Rossini aria. This is why we listen to opera!
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A Rational Conversation: Is EDM Easy Listening Now?
In 2013, people we're predicting dubstep would be replaced with deep house, but now, as dance music becomes even more mainstreamed, those house sounds are becoming ever lighter.
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Podium Diplomacy: Conductor Takes Chinese Music West And Vice Versa
5 years, 40 works: Long Yu wants China and the West to know each other's contemporary music better. He's launching a big project to accomplish just that.
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Jackson Browne On World Cafe
Hear the singer-songwriter perform with his full band at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
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Jane Weaver, 'I Need A Connection'
This British artist released one of 2014's most captivating albums to little acclaim at the time. Now, The Silver Globe is getting the reissue treatment with bonus material.
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