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Robert Gates' Confirmation Hearings Continue

NPR

Published December 5, 2006 at 10:00 AM EST

An update on today's senate confirmation hearings for Robert Gates, the President's nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense.

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Tom Bowman, NPR Pentagon Reporter

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Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup — a controversial pick

Becky Sullivan

FIFA's selection of Saudi Arabia to host the World Cup was celebrated in the kingdom but criticized by human rights groups, who fear residents, visitors and migrant workers will be at risk of abuse.
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In South Korea, insurrection charges are closing in on the president

Se Eun Gong

Police, prosecutors and investigators have deemed President Yoon Suk Yeol as a suspect in a rare investigation into a sitting president for possible insurrection charges.
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With Assad regime out, Syrians grapple with what comes next

Ruth Sherlock

Under Syria's president, a vast jail complex in the capital Damascus was known as a place where Syrians were disappeared without trial. Now it's crowded with with families searching for loved ones.

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