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Aid Worker Recounts Harrowing Rescue Of Migrants In Mediterranean Sea

7:03am October 06, 2016

David Greene talks with Peter Sweetnam, who heads the humanitarian organization Migrant Offshore Aid Station, about the more than 11,000 migrants rescued off Libya's coast this week.

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German TV comedian Jan Boehmermann during an award ceremony in Duesseldorf, western Germany, in Jan. 2016.

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Germany Drops Investigation Against Comic Whose Poem Insulted Turkey's Leader

4:10pm October 05, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Germany has a little-used law that criminalizes insulting foreign heads of state. The prosecutors say they are ending their investigation against Jan Boehmermann, citing a lack of evidence.

Polish women and men in Warsaw take part in a nationwide strike and demonstration on "Black Monday" to protest a legislative proposal for a total ban of abortion. Thousands of women dressed in black protested across the country. After the protests, govern

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After Protests, Polish Legislators Vote To Reject Abortion Ban

3:51pm October 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Mass strikes and demonstrations on Monday objected to a proposal to outlaw abortion with no exceptions. On Wednesday, one member of the conservative government said the protests "caused us to think."

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Meet The Man Tapped To Become The Next U.N. Secretary-General

3:20pm October 05, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.N. Security Council endorsed Portuguese politician Antonio Guterres. A former U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Guterres led worldwide efforts to help refugees.

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Robert Ley (center), head of the German Labor Front, visits Ruegen in 1936.

Along Germany's Coast, A Nazi Resort Becomes An Upscale Destination

11:32am October 05, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

One of the biggest Nazi relics, a massive beachfront indoctrination camp on the Baltic Sea, has been transformed into condominiums and a luxury tourist resort. It's causing a stir.

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Biotrial, a French company that runs clinical studies, has opened a facility in Newark, N.J.

Company That Ran Fateful Drug Trial In France Opens Test Facility In U.S.

11:09am October 05, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Months after a man died in a botched clinical trial in France, the company that ran it has opened a big research facility in New Jersey, where as many as 50 clinical trials could be done each year.

Should've Had The Full Breakfast: Welsh Politician Stumbles Over 'Brexit'

7:15am October 05, 2016

Andrew Davies, a politician from Wales, was talking about Britain's exit from the E.U. At a key point in his speech, his stomach took over: "Mark my words. We will make breakfast — Brexit a success."

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3 Chemists Share Nobel Prize For Work On 'Molecular Machines'

6:22am October 05, 2016

The 2016 Nobel for chemistry goes to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa. The chemists are French, Scottish and Dutch, respectively.

Italian Journalist Sets Out To Unmask True Identity Of Author Elena Ferrante

6:49pm October 04, 2016

Over the weekend, an Italian financial journalist outed the identity of author Elena Ferrante, whose pseudonym lent intrigue to her bestselling novels. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Dayna Tortorici of n+1 magazine about the outing.

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Pope Francis Surprises Survivors In Italian Earthquake Sites

6:38pm October 04, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Pope Francis made an unannounced visit Tuesday to the central Italy zone still recovering from a deadly August temblor. Amid ruins, he told residents, "There is always a future."