Europe

Russian Doping Scandal May Affect Rio Games Eligibility

8:52am May 21, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

Olympic officials are investigating allegations that Russia ran a state-sponsored doping operation at the 2014 Sochi games and are threatening to ban Russia from the Olympics in Rio.

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France Confirms Smoke Onboard Before EgyptAir Flight Crash

8:45am May 21, 2016

The investigation into the crash of EgyptAir flight 804 continues. Searchers have found wreckage and officials are seeking a cause.

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Far-Right Candidate Tops First Round Of Austrian Presidential Elections

7:55pm May 20, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

Voters in Austria totally rejected the mainstream parties in the first round of presidential elections, so the two candidates in Sunday's runoff are from the political fringe, including one from the far right.

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For more than 70 years, the false bottom on this mug hid a Holocaust victim's treasures.

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For 70 Years, A Mug In Auschwitz Held A Secret Treasure

7:55pm May 20, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The Auschwitz museum has thousands of pieces of enameled kitchenware. In one mug, a carefully constructed false bottom successfully hid items from the Nazis.

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Egyptians pray for the victims of EgyptAir Flight 804 at Al-Thawrah Mosque in Cairo on Friday. The Egyptian military said it had found some wreckage of the plane, which was carrying 66 people when it went down early Thursday over the Mediterranean Sea.

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'What Can You Say?' An Egyptian Man Mourns The Loss Of 4 Loved Ones

7:06pm May 20, 2016

by Emily Harris

At mosques across Egypt, worshippers prayed on Friday for those killed when an EgyptAir plane plunged into the Mediterranean a day earlier. The cause of the crash still isn't known.

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Terrorist Groups Remain Unusually Quiet Following EgyptAir Crash

6:44pm May 20, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The New York Times, about the curious silence on the part of terrorist groups following the EgyptAir crash.

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Russia's Involvement In Syria Worsens Migration Crisis, Zannier Says

3:02pm May 20, 2016

Tensions are rising inside the E.U. over issues of migration and Russia. Renee Montagne talks to Lamberto Zannier, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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Planes sit on the tarmac at Cairo's airport Thursday after an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board.

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Egyptian Military Says EgyptAir Flight 804 Debris Found Off Coast

11:42am May 20, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Authorities had reported finding wreckage from the plane Thursday but later retracted those claims. The debris found Friday is said to include passenger belongings but not flight data recorders.

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Egyptian Officials Cite Possible Terrorism In EgyptAir Crash Investigation

10:11am May 20, 2016

by David Schaper

Investigators caution it is too soon to jump to conclusions about what brought down an EgyptAir flight over the Mediterranean Wednesday night. But there are early indications terrorism played a role.

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Debris From EgyptAir Flight 804 Found In Mediterranean

7:21am May 20, 2016

France has sent warships, aircraft and aviation investigators to help find the cause of Thursday's crash of EgyptAir flight 804. The flight vanished from radar screens over the eastern Mediterranean.

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