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Greeks Cling To Euro, But Dream Of The Drachma

2:32pm July 20, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Opinion polls in Greece consistently report that most want the country to continue using the euro. But some citizens wonder: Has the country actually benefited from its membership in the eurozone?

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More Than A Quarter-Million Ask Google To Be Forgotten

9:35am July 19, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Mona Chalabi of FiveThirtyEight.com about the "right to be forgotten" — requests to Google to remove evidence of one's digital footprint from the search engine.

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A rider nurses his elbow, and his pride, after a fall. Bicycle riding was rough in the early days — but this gentleman was lucky. He could have been on the Tour de France, where competitors busted their wheels on broken glass thrown by rowdy fans.

Where There's A Wheel, There's A Way. Where There Are 2, Things Can Get Weird

7:40am July 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

Boneshakers, gunshots and "hygienic saddles": Cycling's history is littered with oddities. With the Tour de France in full swing, journalist A.J. Jacobs offers some choice nuggets of bike trivia.

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Sectarian violence in Northern Ireland flared for three decades during "the Troubles," pictured here. Even today, uneasy feelings simmer among those who live there.

In Northern Ireland, 'Terror Gets Old,' But Divisions Linger

9:00pm July 18, 2015

by NPR Staff

A new documentary looks at the lives of some who took part in Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict, which lasted 30 years. Many are in their 60s now, grappling with their roles in a violent past.

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Probe Of Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine 'Frozen' By Lack Of Access

12:53pm July 18, 2015

A year ago, a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing everyone on board. NPR's Scott Simon and Michael Bociurkiw of the OSCE discuss the investigation.

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Bailout Makes Germans Just As Squeamish As Greeks, For Different Reasons

12:46pm July 18, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The eurozone's third bailout program for Greece was largely the work of German leaders, but makes may Germans uncomfortable. They want a hard line taken with Greece, but fear being seen as bullies.

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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis reacts during a parliamentary session in Athens, earlier this week. In an interview with the BBC, Varoufakis said reforms in exchange for new bailout money "will fail."

Greece's Ex-Finance Minister: Bailout Reforms Will 'Fail'

10:49am July 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Yanis Varoufakis, who was forced to resign as a condition for concluding a financial rescue deal, says the latest austerity program will "go down in history" as a disaster.

The Arc de Triomphe is visible behind a McDonald's restaurant on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France. The nation is now McDonald's second-biggest market, but one historic neighborhood known as "the belly of Paris" has pledged to keep it out.

A Battle Royale To Keep McDonald's Out Of Historic Food Hub In Paris

10:33am July 18, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

France is now McDonald's No. 2 market. But in a Paris neighborhood historically considered the soul of French gastronomy, residents are fighting tooth and nail to keep the fast-food giant out.

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Seagulls in Cornwall, England, have allegedly attacked people and family pets.

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U.K. Prime Minister Wants 'Big Conversation' About Seagull Attacks

4:31pm July 17, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Seagulls have reportedly menaced people and animals in Cornwall, England. The public outcry has gone all the way up to 10 Downing Street.

Anders Breivik raises his fist in a right-wing salute after being sentenced to 21 years in prison at the Oslo District Court on Aug. 24, 2012.

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Anders Breivik, Norwegian Mass Murderer, Admitted To Oslo University

3:08pm July 17, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The far-right gunman, who killed 77 people in 2011 and is serving a 21-year prison sentence, will study political science. The university's rector says Breivik met the admission requirements.