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Heba Alrejleh and Radwan Jomaa with children Aya, 11, Lilian, 4, and Mohamed, 10. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says Jomaa.

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  • World

In Denmark, Fears Grow Among Syrian Asylum Seekers As Residence Permits Are Revoked

Denmark says security in Syria has improved enough for some refugees to go back. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says a Syrian whose residence permit was revoked.

April 11, 2021
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  • Sidsel Overgaard
GPB News NPR

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  • Europe

U.K. Military Gun Salutes Honor Prince Philip A Day After His Death

The United Kingdom mourns the loss of Philip, who died Friday at the age of 99, with salutes in the capitals of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A small funeral is set for April 17.

April 11, 2021
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By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Dustin Jones
As Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip was the longest-serving consort in British history. In 2015, he attended the Queen's Speech in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster.

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  • Europe

Great Britain's Prince Philip Dies At Age 99

As Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip was the longest-serving consort in British history. He died Friday at Windsor Castle.

April 09, 2021
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  • Vicki Barker
People wait in front of the vaccination center in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, last week. Germany's health minister says the country is exploring purchasing the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from Russia.

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  • World

Germany Says It Will Explore Buying Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine, Bucking EU Policy

Health Minister Jens Spahn said Sputnik V could be a stop-gap solution to Europe's critical COVID-19 vaccine shortage. Spahn said Germany will still wait for EU regulators to approve the vaccine.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Esme Nicholson
Skirmishes erupt at the "peace wall" dividing Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday night.

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  • Europe

Fresh Unrest In Northern Ireland Sparks Comparisons To 'The Troubles'

The latest violence erupted amid anger from Protestant unionists concerned they're being isolated from the U.K. and pushed into a union with the republic of Ireland due to post-Brexit trade rules.

April 08, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
European Court of Human Rights President Robert Spano delivered the court's ruling on vaccine mandates, saying the benefits of such laws outweigh the intrusion into privacy.

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  • Europe

European Court Backs Mandatory Vaccinations For Children

Requiring vaccines can be seen as "necessary in a democratic society," the Strasbourg-based court said in its ruling on a law governing preschool kids.

April 08, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • Medical Treatments

EU Sees Possible Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine And Blood Clots

The European Medicines Agency says there is a possible link between the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine and rare blood clots.

April 08, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
Police officers Tuesday detain Alliance of Doctors union leader Dr<strong>. </strong>Anastasia Vasilyeva outside a prison colony in Pokrov, Russia, east of Moscow. A group of doctors gathered at the prison colony where opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being held.

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  • World

Russian Police Arrest Physicians Seeking To Treat Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny

Doctors traveled to the penal colony where Navalny is imprisoned and were arrested outside its gates. Navalny is on a hunger strike to protest a lack of medical care.

April 06, 2021
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  • Lucian Kim
A staff person removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with representatives of the United States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks in July 2015 in Vienna.

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  • World

Reviving The Iran Nuclear Deal: Here's What It Involves And Why It's Hard

Before the U.S. pulled out, the deal gave Iran money and gave the world assurances that Iran wasn't trying to build nuclear weapons.

April 05, 2021
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  • Larry Kaplow
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson following a media briefing on COVID-19 in Downing Street, Monday in London.

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  • Health

England To Offer Free Twice-A-Week COVID-19 Tests

The test roll-out is intended to ease the reopening of England's economy. But the move was met with critics who say rapid testing is a waste of money because it could result in many false positives.

April 05, 2021
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  • Jeannette Muhammad
This clandestine recording of a private luxury pop-up restaurant flouting COVID-19 restrictions in Paris has caused widespread outrage.

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  • Global Health

Undercover Video Of Clandestine Luxury Dinner In Paris Prompts Police Inquiry

"Once you pass through the door, there's no more COVID," a man told a visitor to one exclusive pop-up dining spot. The high-priced menu included Champagne and foie gras.

April 05, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Pope Francis speaks prior to delivering his Urbi et Orbi blessing after celebrating Easter Mass on Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

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  • Religion

In Easter Message, Pope Francis Urges Broad Access To Vaccines And An End To Conflicts

During Sunday's ceremony, the pope had harsh words for armed forces, support for struggling countries, and urged the use of vaccinations to curb the pandemic.

April 04, 2021
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  • Jeannette Muhammad
The U.K. government report on racism was commissioned as the country saw major Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer.

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  • Race

U.K. Government Report Draws Criticism Over 'Historic Denial' Of Race Issues

"To have published it any time in the last 20 years would have been seen as a whitewash," one commentator wrote. Now, he said, it's "almost criminally negligent."

April 01, 2021
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  • Frank Langfitt
Young people gathered Wednesday by the Seine River in Paris, largely without masks and without social distancing. French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered the country into a third lockdown because of the continued spread of COVID-19.

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  • World

France Imposes 3rd National Lockdown As COVID-19 Again Surges

President Emmanuel Macron, in a televised address to the nation, said he was left with no choice as deaths approach 100,000 and the country's hospitals are overwhelmed.

April 01, 2021
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
The Russian Embassy in Rome on Wednesda. Italy has ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money.

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  • World

Italy Expels 2 Russian Embassy Officials, Arrests Navy Captain On Spying Charges

The captain, identified by Italian media as Walter Biot, was reportedly caught Tuesday evening as he handed over allegedly top-secret documents to one of the Russian diplomats in exchange for money.

March 31, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
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