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Emmanuel Macron, who's never held political office, heads to runoff for French presidency Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen knocked out France’s establishment candidates Sunday in the first round of that country’s presidential election. They will now go head-to-head in a runoff on May 7th. Le Pen is isolationist, anti-immigrant, and anti-EU. Macron favors the EU. He’s not a member of any party, and his ideas come from across the political spectrum.
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Bearing Witness to the Mass Rape of Nigerian Girls by Boko Haram For six years, Adam Nossiter, West and Central Africa bureau chief for the New York Times , has reported on the militant group. This week, he reported on the rapes and intended impregnancies of hundreds of girls and women — risking his life to get the story. The story – and the risks it took to get it -- can only be called gut-wrenching. Special thanks to Paul von Zielbauer for production assistance.
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