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In Released Transcripts, Tony Blair And Bill Clinton Seem To Be Good Mates

8:13am January 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

Transcripts that have been released under the Freedom of Information Act show personal conversations between Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. Some of the messages prove they were pretty good friends.

The Flying Scotsman pulls carriages on a test run in Bury on Friday, the first time in 10 years. The train's decade-long restoration is just completed — but it has yet to be repainted in its signature green color.

Flying Scotsman Hits The Rails Once More

6:39pm January 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Eight decades ago, the steam engine was the first to reach 100 miles an hour. After years of restoration, the famous locomotive has completed a series of test runs. It will tour Britain this year.

Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Is Back In German Bookstores After 70 Years

4:17pm January 08, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

A new, annotated edition — complete with criticism — is the first publication of the notorious autobiography in Germany since the end of World War II.

Journalists descended on a street in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, where police found three belts for possible use in suicide attacks, traces of explosives and a fingerprint of wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.

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Brussels Police Find Traces Of Bombs In Apartment Linked To Paris Attacks

3:57pm January 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

A fingerprint of Paris bombing suspect Salah Abdeslam has been found in an apartment in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels, officials say, along with traces of explosives and handmade belts.

Puddle Cam Goes Viral In Britain

7:05am January 08, 2016

A puddle was blocking a walking path in Newcastle, England. It became popular after Richard Rippon decided to live stream it. He tells the BBC he was fascinated by the way people were navigating it.

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Man In Fake Explosive Vest Killed As Paris Remembers 'Charlie Hebdo'

7:01pm January 07, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

France has been marking the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, in which 17 people died. As the French president was speaking Thursday, a man wearing a fake explosive vest was shot dead after threatening police.

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Parisians Strive For Normal; Don't Want Attacks To Defeat Them

6:01pm January 07, 2016

David Greene talks to Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director for the French newspaper Le Monde, to commemorate one year since the Charlie Hebdo attacks. And in November, there was an ISIS-linked attack.

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Bribes paid by runner Liliya Shobukhova are at the center of an ethics inquiry, according to the IAAF, track and field's governing body.

IAAF Bans Its Former Doping Chief And Former Head Of Russia's Athletic Federation

3:45pm January 07, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The case centers on doping violations by Russian long-distance runner Lilya Shobukhova "and the exaction of monies from her as the price to pay for enabling her" to compete.

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On Anniversary Of Attack In Paris, Police Shoot Threatening Suspect

3:11pm January 07, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

It's been a year since the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Tensions are high in Paris on Thursday after police confronted a man said to be wielding a knife and possible explosives.

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Denmark Introduces Measures To Slow Migrant Flow

7:24am January 07, 2016

In response to the growing number of migrants seeking asylum in Scandinavian countries, Denmark has introduced temporary border controls. Renee Montagne talks to ambassador Lars Lose.

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