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'Reuters' Reporter Explores Life In Chernobyl 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster

7:38pm April 26, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Matthias Williams, chief Ukraine correspondent for Reuters, about what Chernobyl is like today 30 years after the nuclear power plant exploded.

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Victims await the start of the trial of Dutch dentist Jacobus Van Nierop on March 8 at the Nevers courthouse in central France. Van Nierop has since been sentenced to eight years behind bars.

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'Dentist Of Horror' Gets 8 Years For Harming Patients In France

2:57pm April 26, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Jacobus Van Nierop performed "useless and painful procedures" on more than 100 people in a rural French town, the prosecutor argued. He won't be practicing dentistry again.

Scientists Experiment With 'Headprints'

6:11am April 26, 2016

German scientists are researching how an ultrasound technique would bounce off a person's head — noting the special way a skull vibrates in response. It would be as unique as a fingerprint.

A woman waits for her train Monday at the Maelbeek metro station in Brussels, as a soldier patrols the platform. The station, where more than a dozen people died in an attack on March 22, reopened Monday.

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Brussels Reopens Metro Station Where Bombing Took Lives

1:57pm April 25, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Announcing that all its stations would be operating today, Brussels' transport authority used a smiley face in its tweet.

In the 1940s, planes demonstrate DDT spraying at Congressional Airport, outside of Washington, D.C. They were part of a fleet headed to Greece to target mosquito breeding areas.

A Big 'Woo-Hoo' For Europe On #WorldMalariaDay: No New Cases In 2015

1:40pm April 25, 2016

by Emily Sohn

How did the Europeans do it? And are there lessons to be learned for the developing world?

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Humanitarian Costs Rise As Refugee Crisis Becomes The New Normal

8:04am April 25, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Kristalina Georgieva, a European Union vice president, about the dire cost of the war in Syria and efforts to increase humanitarian assistance.

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German Authorities Crack Down On Leader Of Anti-Islam Group

7:41am April 25, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

German authorities say a rise in hate speech is fueling attacks on migrants and Muslims in Germany, which is why they're aggressively pursuing the founder of one anti-Islamist movement in court.

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Italians Concerned By Austria's Plan To Add Border Controls

7:41am April 25, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

Migrants are again heading to Italy on a dangerous sea-crossing from Libya. The surge comes as Austria prepares to shut its border leaving Italy in crisis over what to do with the new arrivals.

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'Islamic Fashion' Creates Controversy In France

6:03pm April 24, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

Some fashion houses have begun catering to Muslim consumers in Europe with loose-fitting, body-covering clothing lines that include head-covering scarves.

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Runners make their way across Tower Bridge during the Virgin Money London Marathon on Saturday in London.

Astronaut Completes London Marathon From The International Space Station

2:04pm April 24, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

About 38,000 runners competed in the London Marathon today – and one of them ran it in orbit 200 miles above Earth. British astronaut Tim Peake says microgravity is "perfect" for post-race recovery.