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Mark Memmott

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Mark Memmott is one of the hosts of NPR's "The Two-Way" news blog.

"The Two-Way," which Memmott helped to launched when he came to NPR in 2009, focuses on breaking news, analysis, and the most compelling stories being reported by NPR News and other news media.

Before joining NPR, Memmott worked for nearly 25 years as a reporter and editor at USA Today. He focused on a range of coverage from politics, foreign affairs, economics, and the media. He's reported from places across the Unites States and the world, including half a dozen trips to Afghanistan in 2002-2003.

During his time at USA Today, Memmott, helped launch and lead three USAToday.com news blogs: "On Deadline;" "The Oval;" and "On Politics," the site's 2008 presidential campaign blog.

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The Two-Way
9:15 am
Fri May 24, 2013

2 Men Arrested After Pakistani Jet Is Diverted Over U.K.

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Two men were arrested and removed from a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet Friday. It had been on its way from Lahore to Manchester when something that happened aboard led authorities to scramble Royal Air Force fighter jets and divert the passenger plane to London Stansted Airport.

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The Two-Way
8:16 am
Fri May 24, 2013

British Soldier Hacked To Death Was 'Our Hero,' Family Says

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As Ian Rigby spoke Friday about his stepson Lee, a British soldier who was murdered on a south London street this week, the young man's widow, Rebecca (right), and his mother, Lyn, reached out.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 9:14 am

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The Two-Way
7:38 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Tornado In Moore, Okla.: Friday's Developments

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Rita Green carried a plastic bin of items as she helped a family friend salvage things from a home Thursday in Moore, Okla.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 9:19 am

As the residents of Moore, Okla., and surrounding communities continue to recover from Monday's devastating tornado that killed at least 24 people and injured more than 375, we're keeping an eye on the news from there:

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The Two-Way
7:34 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Developing: Explosion, Gunfire In Kabul

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A wounded Afghan police officer is helped from the scene of Friday's explosion and gunfire in Kabul.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 9:40 am

  • NPR's Sean Carberry, reporting from Kabul

There's been an explosion followed by the sound of gunfire in Kabul, NPR's Sean Carberry and other journalists report from the Afghan capital.

Reuters says the explosion occurred "at about 4 p.m. local time in a downtown district. ... There was no word on any casualties." The BBC reports gunfire can be heard near the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence service.

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The Two-Way
7:13 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Assad Regime Agrees To Attend Peace Conference, Russia Says

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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 9:27 am

Representatives of President Bashar Assad's regime have agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference aimed at ending more than two years of brutal warfare in Syria, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday.

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