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Sacks of food and clothes collected by Zeynap Kurmus Hurbas (left) and her volunteer group at a neighborhood refugee center in a poor Istanbul neighborhood.

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Ordinary Turks Quietly Volunteer To Help Syrian Refugees

4:00pm February 15, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

While the Turkish government is under fire for not letting more Syrians in, many Turks are bringing aid to refugees. One took to social media to help find others looking to share more than sympathy.

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New York–Bound Airliner Returns To London Due To Laser Incident

10:34am February 15, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Shortly after takeoff, a Virgin Atlantic airliner radioed that it needed to return due to a laser beam that had affected one of its pilots.

Spanish Government Official Fined For 6-Year Absence

7:41am February 15, 2016

Officials in Cadiz wanted to give Joaquin Garcia an award for service but no one could find him. According to reports, he'd largely stopped coming to work. He is contesting the $30,000 fine.

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Love Was In The Air On Valentine's Day

7:28am February 15, 2016

Fifty couples in Latvia got married at what's known as the Love Cup Festival. They were trying to set a Guinness World Record for most simultaneous weddings while floating in hot air balloons.

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Sports

English Football's Rising Team

9:15am February 14, 2016

Roger Bennett of NBC's "Men in Blazers" gives Rachel Martin the lowdown on a good underdog story, that of Britain's Leicester City football club.

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Russia Holds Center Stage In Syrian Peace Talks

5:52pm February 13, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

Talks on the brutal Syrian conflict have ended in Munich with the West and Russia far apart. Russia, whose planes are carrying out deadly bombing raids, seems to hold the cards.

Donald Trump's paternal grandparents, Friedrich Trump and Elisabeth Christ, came from the southwest German village of Kallstadt.

In Trump's German Ancestral Village, The Locals Are Not Impressed

9:12am February 13, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

"Ich bin ein Kallstadter," Donald Trump likes to say. But many of the villagers are more proud of other famous American descendants with links to Kallstadt: the Heinz family, of ketchup fame.

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The Last Of Nazi War Convictions Will Not End Fight Against Anti-Semitism

7:51am February 13, 2016

One of the last of the trials of Nazi guards has begun in Germany. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center about their future after these prosecutions end.

NATO, Russia Aiming For Syria Cease-Fire

7:51am February 13, 2016

Last year's war in Ukraine dominated the Munich Security Conference. This year, Russia's intervention in the Middle East has put the focus on Syria. Michele Kelemen speaks to NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

The Almudaina Palace (left) is one of two royal palaces on Spain's Mallorca island.

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Spain's Playground For The Wealthy Becomes Corruption Scandal Epicenter

9:11pm February 12, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

The Spanish island of Mallorca, a popular resort destination known as the "jewel of the Mediterranean," is in the spotlight now as Princess Cristina, the king's sister, goes on trial for fraud.