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Rafael Nadal Wins 10th French Open, 15th Grand Slam Title

6:36pm June 12, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sports Illustrated reporter Jon Wertheim about tennis power player Rafael Nadal's biggest win of his career yet. He not only won his 10th Roland Garros title, but also his 15th Grand Slam, without dropping a set and vaulting past Pete Sampras.

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Puerto Rico Votes For U.S. Statehood In Non-Binding Referendum

6:36pm June 12, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Carla Minet, executive director of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico, about the election Sunday in which people chose to make their island the 51st U.S. state. Turnout was small, and the referendum is non-binding.

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Alexei Navalny is seen being detained by police outside his apartment in Moscow in this photo provided by the Navalny Anti Corruption Fund.

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Detained On Day Of Large Protests

6:27pm June 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

A Moscow court sentenced Navalny to 30 days in jail, after police detained him outside his home Monday ahead of nationwide demonstrations. Hundreds of others were also detained.

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Pakistani religious students and activists gathered for a protest in Islamabad in March, as they demanded the removal of all blasphemous content from social media sites in the country.

Pakistan Sentences Man To Death For 'Blasphemy' On Social Media

5:03pm June 12, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Amnesty International says this is the country's harshest sentence yet for a cybercrime related offense. The Pakistani government is pushing a campaign against blasphemy on social media.

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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Among Hundreds Arrested In Protests

5:01pm June 12, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is among the hundreds under arrest after anti-government demonstrators defied riot police in Moscow and cities across Russia to protest corruption under the Putin regime.

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Anti-Government Protesters Take To The Streets In Scores Of Russian Cities

1:48pm June 12, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who wants to challenge Vladimir Putin for the presidency of Russia, called for the protests. He was detained outside his home before he could make it to a protest.

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Iranian police officers secure the area around the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini following an assault there and on the country's parliament building that left at least 17 people dead last week.

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Iran Says It Killed Mastermind Of Deadly Attacks On Parliament And Mausoleum

10:59am June 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Iran's Iranian Minister of Intelligence also said that in the past three months, Iran has broken up 25 terrorist teams.

French President Emmanuel Macron, photographed in Berlin in January 2017.

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Another Stunning Election In France As Macron's Party Sweeps

10:24am June 12, 2017

by Eleanor Beardsley

French voters cast ballots on Sunday in the first round of voting for Parliament. Turnout was low, but the results were an outsized victory for the new French president's new party.

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Russian Opposition Leader Arrested Before He Could Join Protests

9:31am June 12, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Russia on Monday for anti-corruption demonstrations. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who's been detained by authorities, organized the protests.

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Morning News Brief: Russia Protests, GOP Health Care Bill

8:35am June 12, 2017

by Rachel Martin

For the second time this year, a leading Russian dissident is calling for mass demonstrations against President Putin's government. And, the U.S. Senate continues work on health care overhaul.

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