Europe

Swiss City Concerned Silent Disco Would Be Too Loud

8:10am February 09, 2016

Participants dance to music playing on headphones, rather than over loudspeakers. According to a Swiss paper, the problem with silent discos is that people just can't resist singing along.

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Spain's Princess Cristina, And 17 others, Back In Court For Fraud Case

7:13am February 09, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

A royal trial is underway on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Spain's Princess Cristina faces 8 years in prison if convicted of tax fraud. She's the first Spanish royal to sit in the defendant's dock.

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Doctors are about to circumcise an Indonesian baby in Bandung, Indonesia, in 2013. Indonesia authorized medical personnel to perform the procedure in 2010, then revoked the authorization in 2014.

UNICEF Estimate Of Female Genital Mutilation Up By 70 Million

4:58pm February 08, 2016

by Diane Cole

And 60 million of the cases are in Indonesia, which was added to the survey for the first time — evidence that FGM goes far beyond Africa and the Middle East.

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French Lawmakers Want To Make Some Emergency Measures Permanent

3:35pm February 08, 2016

The French government is seeking to extend parts of the state of emergency it declared after the Paris terrorist attacks in November. Renee Montagne talks to French political analyst Nicole Bacharan.

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Why The U.S. Still Has No Viable Alternatives To Russian Rocket Boosters

9:14am February 08, 2016

by David Welna

When it comes to launching top-secret military satellites, the Pentagon relies almost entirely on rocket engines made in Russia. The U.S. has been using Russian rocket boosters for the past 2 decades.

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Old Mouse Trap Still Works Just Fine

7:43am February 08, 2016

The Museum of English Rural Life in Britain has artifacts on display including a 155-year-old mouse trap. There was no bait, but a mouse wandered in, got stuck and died.

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Jaroslaw Kaczynski sits before a large image of his twin brother, Lech Kaczynski, who was the president of Poland from 2005 until his death in a plane crash in 2010. Today Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a former prime minister of Poland, doesn't hold political offic

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A Tale Of Twin Brothers: Poland's Mourned Leader And Lonely Mastermind

3:41pm February 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The Guardian and The Associated Press offer two windows into the gripping drama of Polish politics: a look at a nation-shaping plane crash, and a profile of the man pulling Poland's political strings.

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Australia Maintains Detention Policy For Boat-Traveling Refugees

8:43am February 07, 2016

The Australian High Court has upheld the country's policy of sending asylum-seekers to remote offshore detention centers. Rachel Martin talks to Matt Siegel of Reuters in Australia about the decision.

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Danish Communities Integrate Refugees As Politicians Debate Limits

5:16pm February 06, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

As Denmark's politicians debate how many asylum seekers to let in, the country is working to better integrate the refugees already there.

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Who Is Moscow's Favorite Among The U.S. Presidential Candidates?

10:26am February 06, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

The official line in Russia is that it doesn't matter who wins in November, since it won't change what the Kremlin sees as Washington's anti-Russia stance. But some candidates are better than others.

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