Europe

French Postal Service Delivers Letter 138 Years Late

7:19am June 17, 2015

On January 27, 1877, a person in France posted a letter. This year, the great-granddaughter of the intended recipient opened it to find an order for yarn. The letter was marked: high-speed delivery.

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Zoo Animals Roam Streets In Tbilisi, Georgia, After Deadly Floods

7:57pm June 15, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block talks to reporter Lawrence Sheets in Tbilisi, Georgia, about how the heavy flooding has killed 12 people and enabled zoo animals to escape.

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Politics In The News: Obama At G7 Summit

5:11pm June 15, 2015

by Scott Horsley

President Obama is in Germany for a summit with leaders of the biggest industrial democracies. Monday's meetings focus on climate change and terrorism.

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Voters Hand Turkish President A Setback In His Attempt To Expand Powers

5:11pm June 15, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Turkish voters stripped President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party of a simple majority. The unexpected setback delays his aim of passing constitutional changes which would have boosted his powers.

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Wawrinka Upsets Djokovic At French Open Final

5:11pm June 15, 2015

Stan Wawrinka thwarted Novak Djokovic's bid to complete a career Grand Slam. Serena Williams won her third French Open title. Renee Montagne talks to Sports Illustrated writer Courtney Nguyen.

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Sister Mary de Lourdes Fahy transformed a one-room schoolhouse into the the Kiltartan Gregory Museum dedicated Yeats.

In The Rolling Hills Of Galway, Spirit Of W.B. Yeats Lives On

2:26pm June 15, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Saturday marks the 150th birthday of William Butler Yeats, one of the 20th century's greatest poets. In far western Ireland's County Galway, Yeats found inspiration in the people and landscape.

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Scottish First Minister: 'Independent Scotland Would Be A Powerful Voice'

2:22pm June 15, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, who is visiting the U.S. for the first time since she took the top spot in Scottish leadership.

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Vatican Prosecutor Indicts Defrocked Priest On Pedophilia Charges

1:21pm June 15, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Jozef Wesolowski, the former Vatican ambassador to the Dominican Republic, is the first person arrested in the Vatican on charges of pedophilia. If convicted, he could face up to 12 years in jail.

Migrants rest next to the Tiburtina train station in Rome on Sunday. Hundreds of migrants, many from Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, arrived in recent months on boats from Libya. They were brought to Italy after being rescued at sea.

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As Migrants Stream In, Italy And The EU Are At Odds

12:34pm June 15, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Italy, a leading destination for migrants, says it wants to help save them but doesn't want to keep all of them. Meanwhile, some EU countries are closing their borders to migrants.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Acquitted Of Aggravated Pimping

11:46am June 15, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

A French court has cleared former International Monetary Fund director of pimping charges. Still, Strauss-Kahn's sexual appetites ended a career that was expected to lead to the French presidency.

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