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Pfizer Calls Off $150 Billion Merger With Allergan

8:31am April 06, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

U.S. drug company Pfizer announced it has terminated its merger agreement with Ireland-based Allergan. Pfizer says the decision was driven by anti-inversion rules introduced by the U.S. Treasury.

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Pope Francis May Travel To Greek Island To Highlight Plight Of Refugees

6:07am April 06, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

The European Union is deporting asylum-seekers — escorting them by ferry from Greek islands to Turkey. The deportations are part of an EU deal with Turkey to deter migrants from coming to Europe.

Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson attends a session of Parliament in the country's capital city, Reykjavik, on Monday.

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Iceland's Prime Minister Steps Aside Amid Panama Papers Scandal

8:14pm April 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson says he is not resigning but another party official will take over for a while. The prime minister and his wife were implicated by leaked financial data.

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Greece Pauses Migrant Deportations As Asylum Claims Mount

4:47pm April 05, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Vincent Cochetel, director of the Europe bureau for UNHCR, about how Greece may have accidently deported asylum seekers.

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Volunteers Offer Italian Language Lessons To Young Migrants

4:47pm April 05, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

In Italy, volunteers are helping young migrants cope with their new reality through one-on-one language lessons.

Dagmar Nordberg, a Swedish museum director, met Waliullah Hafiz, an asylum-seeker from Kabul, on a train platform last November. He'd fled Afghanistan after refusing to transport bottle bombs for the Taliban.

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After Fleeing The Taliban, An Afghan Reinvents Himself In Sweden

2:13pm April 05, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

An electrician who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban tried to force him to smuggle bombs into a military camp is starting a new life. He has just been approved to start a forestry apprenticeship.

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Iceland Finds Itself In The Middle Of Panama Papers Leak

1:19pm April 05, 2016

Iceland radio reporter Haukur Holm tells Renee Montagne that thousands are demanding the prime minister resign because he hid his ownership in an offshore bank account.

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NATO Must Be Ready To Deploy Forces, Secretary-General Stoltenberg Says

7:58am April 05, 2016

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is in Washington talking about what he considers the gravest security threat since the Cold War. He talks to Steve Inskeep about the future for Libya and Syria.

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French-Moroccan Activist Encourages Disillusioned Youth To Keep Dreaming

7:58am April 05, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Latifa Ibn Ziaten, a recipient of the State Department's international women of courage award. She works with youth in France, hoping to steer them away from extremism.

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Why I Love Riding On The Women-Only Car On Delhi's Metro

5:04pm April 04, 2016

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Some people say there shouldn't have to be such cars, that they put women on the periphery. I disagree.