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Four Months Later, Syrian Refugee Adjusts In Germany — But Doesn't Belong

11:59am January 24, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin checks in with Syrian refugee Mohammed Eh'tai, whom she profiled in Germany back in September. He is working on getting his family to join him from Syria.

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New U.S. Visa Rules Criticized As Racial Discrimination

11:59am January 24, 2016

by Leila Fadel

Recent terrorist attacks have prompted changes to the U.S. visa waiver program. But the changes have caused confusion in Europe and critics say they could spark retaliation.

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In Quest To Fell Rhodes Statue, Students Aim To Make Oxford Confront History

11:59am January 24, 2016

by NPR Staff

At Oxford University, a group is pushing to have a statue of Cecil Rhodes removed. Student Tadiwa Madenga explains the group's objections to the colonialist namesake of the Rhodes Scholarship.

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Proposed Danish Law Would Confiscate Cash From Asylum Seekers

5:19pm January 23, 2016

In an effort to deter refugees, a controversial bill in Denmark calls for police to confiscate cash and valuables from arriving asylum seekers.

Supporters of same-sex civil union hold alarm clocks "to wake up Italia" on January 23, near the Pantheon in central Rome. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships le

In Italy, Protesters Push For Rights For Same-Sex Couples

3:11pm January 23, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Italy is the last western European country with no legal protections for same-sex couples. Protesters in the mostly Catholic nation are advocating a civil union bill that goes to Parliament next week.

Volunteers help Afghan and Syrian migrants off a rubber boat on a rocky beach in northern Lesbos, Greece.

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After Drownings, Greece-Bound Migrants Who Survived The Journey

2:12pm January 23, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

The Greek coast guard says at least 21 people, including nine children, died Friday after migrant boats sank in the Aegean Sea.

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David Cameron's Call For Muslim Women To Learn English Sparks Outrage

5:43pm January 22, 2016

by Leila Fadel

The British prime minister has a plan to help battle extremism by teaching Muslim women in Britain to speak English. If migrants don't learn English, David Cameron says they may face deportation. But his comments sparked outrage from Muslims and migrant advocates, who say the state is unfairly singling out Muslim women, while providing limited resources for newcomers to Britain to learn the local language.

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More Than 40 Migrants Die As Boats Sink In Mediterranean Sea

5:12pm January 22, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

More than 40 migrants are feared dead after two boats sank in waters between Turkey and Greece. Thousands of migrants continue to make the crossing despite the winter weather, and about 100 people have drowned trying to get to Europe so far this month.

Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen (middle) is greeted as he arrives in Madrid in September with sons Zaid (far left) and Mohammad (second from right). Abdul Mohsen was tripped by a camerawoman as he scrambled across a field on the Serbia-Hungary border la

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After The Trip Seen 'Round The World, Syrian Refugee Builds A New Life

12:03pm January 22, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

The man who was tripped by a kick from a Hungarian camerawoman is now rebuilding his life in Spain. He's learning Spanish, working at a soccer academy — and trying to reunite his family.

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Photographers take pictures of the lion carcass before it's publicly dissected at Odense Zoo in Denmark. It was the zoo's second public dissection of a lion in four months.

Danes Say Zoo Dissections Fit With Country's 'Very Honest' Parenting

10:57am January 22, 2016

by Sidsel Overgaard

Last weekend at an event in Denmark called "Animals Inside Out," a college biology student publicly dissected a lion. Attendees — including young children — were given a close-up, gory view.

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