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Italian writer Umberto Eco attends an event at the Paris Book Fair on March 30, 2010.

Italian Author And Philosopher Umberto Eco Dead At 84

9:24pm February 19, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Internationally acclaimed Italian author Umberto Eco has died, according to his American publisher. He was 84. He launched his career as a novelist with The Name of the Rose in 1980.

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European Leaders Reach Deal To Help Keep Britain In European Union

8:14pm February 19, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

British Prime Minister David Cameron says he negotiated a deal to give the United Kingdom special status in the European Union. The deal follows a series of meetings between Cameron and other leaders.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Feb. 5.

Julian Assange Says Lengthy Embassy Stay Has Sharpened His Perspective On The World

6:32pm February 19, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The founder of WikiLeaks talks about what it's like to be confined to a building for more than three years. He says he misses nothing from the outside world, apart from his children and his mother.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives Friday for the second day of a European Union summit in Brussels.

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Cameron Reaches New Deal On Britain's Status In The EU

6:06pm February 19, 2016

by Kevin Beesley

Cameron had been seeking concessions for his country so that he can encourage Britons to vote for continued EU membership in a referendum expected in the coming months.

Kent Norman, a retired Swedish engineer, is helping Syrian teenager Mohamed Obai with language study. "They're here now," he says, "so the only thing you can do is to help them."

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In A Small Swedish Town, Residents Welcome Migrants

12:52pm February 19, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

Per capita, Sweden has taken in more migrants than any country in Europe. "The only thing you can do is to help them," says a Swedish volunteer teaching newcomers the language in the town of Ronneby.

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Moka Pot Replica Holds Ashes Of Italy's Coffee King

7:12am February 19, 2016

Seventy years ago, Renato Bialetti took the little 8-sided espresso pot his father invented and turned it into a worldwide hit. The Moka pot bears his image, a small Italian man with a big mustache.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (left) talks to the media alongside Argentine President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. Renzi has inspired some mockery in the Italian press for reciting a poem he claimed was by Jorge Luis Borges, which, wel

Italian Prime Minister Botches His Attempt To Read Borges

5:59pm February 18, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Matteo Renzi was visiting Argentina and thought he would read a poem by the country's most famous literary icon. He thought wrong: The poem he picked was emphatically not by Jorge Luis Borges.

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Germany's Ambassador To The U.S. Weighs In On Europe's Refugee Crisis

3:36pm February 18, 2016

Leaders from the European Union are meeting to consider how to tackle the refugee crisis. Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Wittig, Germany's ambassador to the U.S. about the refugee crisis in Europe.

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Former Polish President Lech Walesa, shown at his office on June 20, 2012, in Gdansk, Poland. The Nobel Peace laureate has long denied accusations that he collaborated with Communist-era secret police.

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Polish Institute: Files Show Lech Walesa Worked With Communist-Era Secret Police

12:41pm February 18, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Papers seized from Communist ex-minister's house include an agreement by Walesa to collaborate, and receipts for money signed with his alleged code name, the Institute of National Remembrance says.

A man passes a baby through the fence at the Serbia/Hungary border in Röszke, Hungary, 28 August 2015.

Haunting Photo Of Migrants Takes World Press Photo's Top Prize

10:49am February 18, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The winning image, taken by Australian photographer Warren Richardson, shows a man passing a baby through a razor-wire fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border.