Jimmy Carter Remembered, Syria-Israel Relations, South Korea Plane Crash

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

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Former President Jimmy Carter is remembered for peacemaking and humanitarian causes. A high-ranking Syrian official makes unprecedented comments about relations with Israel to NPR. Families seek answers after a fiery airliner crash in South Korea.

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0:00.0	Okay, Layla, we've made it almost to the end of 2024.
0:04.0	Thank God.
0:05.8	Well, it was an interesting year.
0:07.4	We had a presidential election.
0:09.4	The Israel-Hamas war continued.
0:11.4	Hurricane Helene, the Summer Olympics.
0:15.2	A astonishing stories.
0:16.5	A story you covered just in recent weeks that nobody seemed to see coming, the fall of Syria's
0:21.9	ruler.
0:22.4	Something you just couldn't even imagine just a few months ago.
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1:05.0	Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. Jimmy Carter lived the life measured not by words but by his deeds.
1:13.2	President Biden announced more than a week of events, including a state funeral.
1:17.0	I'm Leila Faldin. That's Steven Ski, and this is up first from NPR News.
1:23.5	A high-ranking Syrian official tells NPR he wants the U.S. to mediate cordial relations between Syria and Israel.
1:31.6	Those remarks drew a sharp reaction throughout the Arab world and put Syrian leadership in damage control.
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