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NATO on Thursday ordered a naval force to move immediately to the Aegean Sea to help end the deadly smuggling of migrants between Turkey and Greece. In this photo from last June, a Greek Coast Guard vessel arrives carrying migrants at the port of Mytilene

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NATO Orders Ships Into Aegean Sea To Aid Migrant And Refugee Crisis

11:26am February 11, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The NATO maritime force will contribute "critical information and surveillance to help counter human trafficking and criminal networks," says NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

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At Munich Meeting, Kerry To Push For Cease-Fire In Syria

9:57am February 11, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

Efforts to end a Russian-backed offensive by the Syrian regime now turn to a diplomatic showdown between Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart at a meeting in Munich.

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Vincent Nichols, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales (left) and Richard Chartres, the Anglican Bishop of London, (right) take Vespers at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London on Tuesday.

After More Than 450 Years, Catholicism Returns To King Henry VIII's Palace

4:49pm February 10, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Vespers were held in the royal chapel of Hampton Court Palace, one of Henry VIII's residences, on Tuesday. Henry, of course, famously broke with the Catholic Church in the 16th century.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius waves to members of Parliament on Wednesday during questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris.

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Is Stepping Down

3:33pm February 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Fabius presided over December's landmark climate agreement and helped to negotiate the nuclear deal with Iran.

Kiss Me, Kate is the latest in a series of American musicals to be performed at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. "It is such a glorious theater to perform in," says director Lee Blakeley.

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American Musicals Are So Popular In Paris, They're Coming Back To The U.S.

1:45pm February 10, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

French audiences have flocked to Paris productions of American musicals like Kiss Me, Kate, which closes this week. France's versions of some of these plays are also being exported back to the U.S.

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French Parliament Debates Stripping Citizenship From Terrorists

7:01am February 10, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

The citizenship measure has provoked an outcry from legal scholars, academics and politicians from across the spectrum. Lawmakers have extended until May the country's state of emergency.

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Testimony Begins In Historic Trial Of Spain's Princess Cristina

7:59pm February 09, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

Testimony began Tuesday in the historic trial of Spain's Princess Cristina. She's the first Spanish royal ever to sit in the defendant's dock and faces eight years in prison if convicted of tax fraud.

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German Inventor Artur Fischer Dies At 96

7:59pm February 09, 2016

Artur Fischer, a German inventor who had more than 1,100 patents registered to his name, died last month at age 96.

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Rescue personnel stand in front of two trains that collided head-on near Bad Aibling, in southern Germany, Tuesday.

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Head-On Train Crash In Germany Kills At Least 10 People

4:23pm February 09, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Rescue and salvage crews are still working at the site of the crash near the town of Bad Aibling, roughly 40 miles southeast of Munich.

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With Russia's Help, Syrian Government Forces Are About To Take Aleppo

2:31pm February 09, 2016

Syrians are fleeing Aleppo under an intensifying Russian assault. Renee Montagne talks to Alexei Borodavkin, Russia's Ambassador to the U.N., who defends the Russian offensive in Aleppo.

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