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It's Possible Bomb Caused Russian Plane To Crash, Britain, U.S. Suggest

8:13am November 06, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Britain's prime minister and President Obama have mentioned the possibility of a bomb aboard the passenger jet. Their information, whatever it is, apparently comes from intelligence agencies.

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Britain Prohibits Its Aircraft From Flying Over Sinai Peninsula

12:34am November 06, 2015

by Leila Fadel

U.S. officials say it's premature to speculate on why a Russian jet crashed in the Sinai. Britain's foreign secretary says there's "a significant possibility" that ISIS somehow brought the plane down.

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U.K. Says Russian Crash Over Sinai 'More Than Likely' Caused By Bomb

8:19pm November 05, 2015

by Leila Fadel

The British government says there's a "significant possibility" that the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai desert last week was brought down by a bomb.

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German Authorities Shut Down Suspected Migrant Smuggling Ring

8:06pm November 05, 2015

Journalist Maximilian Popp, of the weekly German magazine Der Spiegel, tells Renee Montagne that such raids are routine and rarely make a difference in smuggling operations.

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There was a lot of excitement in 2012, when the Hiriko car was unveiled at this event at European Union headquarters in Brussels. At the time, the then-president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, hailed the car as a trans-Atlantic "exchange

How A Folding Electric Vehicle Went From Car Of The Future To 'Obsolete'

7:44pm November 05, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Engineers at MIT developed an electric, shareable car that would fold to conserve parking spaces. A prototype was made for production in Europe. But why did this promising auto never hit the road?

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Moscow Rejects Idea That Bomb Brought Down Airliner

4:38pm November 05, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russian officials say that any suggestion that a bomb caused the Metrojet crash in Egypt is premature, and that if the British government has specific information, it should be shared with Moscow.

Tents dot the scrub brush in the dunes at "The Jungle," a camp in Calais, France, that houses about 6,000 migrants.

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For Migrants In France, Life In 'The Jungle' Has Changed

4:19pm November 05, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

NPR Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley says the squalid camp where migrants live in the rough in the dunes of Calais has transformed.

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U.K. Says Bomb Likely Brought Down Russian Plane Over Sinai

12:42pm November 05, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with aviation and travel writer Christine Negroni about how countries are determining the cause of the wreckage.

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Margaret Thatcher's Outfits To Go To The Highest Bidder

7:01am November 05, 2015

The late British prime minister was known for her handbags. During Cabinet meetings, she reached into her bag so often for political ammunition that her verbal beatings became known as handbagging.

Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta is resigning, after thousands of protesters called for him to step down Tuesday. Ponta is also facing corruption charges.

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Romania's Prime Minister Resigns After Protests Over Deadly Club Fire

6:33pm November 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Thousands of protesters took to the streets last night, after the death toll in last weekend's nightclub fire rose to 32.