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    Turkey Closes Its Border After Syrian Refugee Surge

    More than 130,000 Kurdish refugees fled from ISIS forces into Turkey over the weekend. Now Turkey has clamped down on border crossings. The US and others are trying to determine which side Turkey is on. Joe Parkinson is Istanbul Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal.

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 22, 2014 • 1 min read

    More than 130,000 Kurdish refugees fled from ISIS forces into Turkey over the weekend. Now Turkey has clamped down on border crossings. The US and others are trying to determine which side Turkey is on. Joe Parkinson is Istanbul Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal.

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    1. 1:19Turkey Closes Its Border After Syrian Refugee SurgeYou’re reading this
    2. 8:07Combating Climate Change: Activism and the Call for Actual Action
    3. 44:41Syrian Terror Group, Not ISIS, Biggest Threat to US
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Joe Parkinson

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is Global Warming Back on the Global Agenda?
    1. 1:19Turkey Closes Its Border After Syrian Refugee SurgeYou’re reading this
    2. 8:07Combating Climate Change: Activism and the Call for Actual Action
    3. 44:41Syrian Terror Group, Not ISIS, Biggest Threat to US
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