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Inmate Allowed To Compete In TV's 'Voice Of Georgia'

6:46am December 28, 2015

Prison officials allowed her to compete under armed guard, according to the BBC. And though she did not win the contest, the country's prisons minister announced she was being released on parole.

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Ramifications For Major Players In FIFA Corruption Scandal

10:50am December 27, 2015

Eight-year suspensions were given last week for FIFA's top bosses, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini. Carrie Kahn talks with author David Henry Sterry about the latest on FIFA's scandal plagued year.

Reflecting On A Year Of Europe's Migrant Crisis

7:57am December 27, 2015

In 2015, a huge wave of humanity fled war, persecution and hunger - and headed for Europe. Reporter Joanna Kakissis talks with host Carrie Kahn about the greatest migration the continent has seen since World War II.

Jamil Mohamad Amin, 16, (left), Zara Hussein, 16, (center) and Vice Principal Silke Donath at Johanna-Eck School in Berlin. The school has students from many backgrounds. Both students are Syrian Kurds who migrated to Germany.

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Migrants Find A Warm Welcome At This German School

5:16pm December 26, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Germany is struggling with 1 million migrants who applied for asylum this year. Officials say the key to integration is education, and many schools have made accommodating migrants a priority.

The Rev. Vsevolod Chaplin, shown here in 2012, was dismissed with little explanation. The high-ranking religious conservative was known for making controversial statements about politics and public morals.

In Russia, A High-Ranking Orthodox Priest Is Sacked — And Hits Back

1:53pm December 26, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Vsevolod Chaplin, a high-profile religious conservative, was dismissed with little explanation on Thursday. He says he was sacked because church authorities want to silence independent voices.

Three migrants from Afghanistan walk along the A3 highway shortly after they crossed into Germany on August 30, 2015, near Neuhaus am Inn, Germany. Police detained them shortly after and took them to a registration center for asylum seekers. Germany has w

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Struggling To Absorb Asylum-Seekers, Germany Steps Up Deportations

4:12pm December 25, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Germany has been generous in welcoming refugees, but is stepping up deportations to dissuade more from coming. Chancellor Angela Merkel says many Afghans seeking asylum shouldn't expect to stay.

At the end of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge and his long-abused employee, Bob Cratchit, enjoy a mug of Smoking Bishop. It's a drink loaded with English history, politics and class identity. Illustration by John Leech,

Smoking Bishop: A Boozy Christmas Drink Brimming With English History

8:57am December 25, 2015

by Anne Bramley

This clerically named quaff plays a starring role in Scrooge's transformation in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Port, its key ingredient, also tells a story of English politics and class identity.

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More Migrants Arrive By Boat To Greece's Shores On Christmas

6:42am December 25, 2015

On the beaches of Lesbos, Greece, retired English professor Julie Segedy, who's from California, volunteers to help refugees coming ashore from places like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Unprecedented Security In Place For French Christmas Celebrations

6:14am December 25, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

This Christmas, after the recent terrorist attacks, Parisians pass by soldiers as they go to church. Amid huge security, they're starting to return to theaters and concerts, but tourism is down.

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Parisians Adjust To New Reality Following Terror Attacks

4:18pm December 24, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Heavily armed soldiers on street corners, security checks to get into department stores, fewer people eating out or going to the theater. Is this the new normal for Paris?