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More Migrants Arrive By Boat To Greece's Shores On Christmas

6:42am December 25, 2015

On the beaches of Lesbos, Greece, retired English professor Julie Segedy, who's from California, volunteers to help refugees coming ashore from places like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Unprecedented Security In Place For French Christmas Celebrations

6:14am December 25, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

This Christmas, after the recent terrorist attacks, Parisians pass by soldiers as they go to church. Amid huge security, they're starting to return to theaters and concerts, but tourism is down.

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Parisians Adjust To New Reality Following Terror Attacks

4:18pm December 24, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Heavily armed soldiers on street corners, security checks to get into department stores, fewer people eating out or going to the theater. Is this the new normal for Paris?

Encore: Among Santa And Mistletoe, A British Christmas Includes Comedy

4:18pm December 24, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

For many people in the United Kingdom, the Christmas season includes a visit to a pantomime or a silly comedy musical. This story originally aired on Dec. 25, 2014 on All Things Considered.

Michael Cashel, a local butcher who has been in Crickhowell for 40 years, is a fierce defender of the town's independent businesses.

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A Cheeky Welsh Town Goes 'Offshore' To Avoid British Taxes

2:45pm December 24, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Frustrated with large multinational corporations that escape British taxes, the town of Crickhowell has decided to make a point by doing exactly the same thing.

Ivan Day shapes his mince pies using traditional patterns from hundreds of years ago.

Big, Bold, Wild: We Re-Create Christmas Dinners Of Centuries Past

10:09am December 24, 2015

by Robert Smith

Same Christmas dinner as last year? You're doing it wrong. In 17th-century Britain, Christmas dinner was a lavish, experimental, 12-day drunken affair. Think Mardi Gras with snow.

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Britain Inches Closer To Referendum On Whether To Leave EU

7:00am December 24, 2015

The United Kingdom has been part of the European economic bloc since the 1970s. Britons will vote in a referendum, likely next year, about whether they want to stay in the European Union.

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Latifa Ibn Ziaten, shown here speaking to French elementary schoolchildren in March, started an organization to prevent radicalization after her son, a French soldier, was killed by an Islamist gunman in March 2012.

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Mother Of Slain French Soldier Fights Against Radicalization

6:44pm December 23, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

After her son was killed in a 2012 Islamist attack, Latifa Ibn Ziaten vowed to prevent radicalization among her fellow Muslims. "I'm going to save others so they won't suffer like me," she says.

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Protesters shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Warsaw, Poland, on Dec. 19. Thousands of Poles have protested the government's plans to curb the power of the Constitutional Tribunal, a check on the ruling party's authority. The bill in

Worries Mount In Poland As Parliament Moves To Upend Checks And Balances

6:22pm December 23, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

The right-wing Law and Justice party controls Parliament and the presidency. Now it's working to restrict the power of the nation's highest court, alarming women's rights and human rights advocates.

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English Chef Recreates Dinners Of Christmas Past

4:07pm December 23, 2015

by Robert Smith

A chef in the North of England is recreating the Christmas dinners of two centuries ago.