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A statue of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, depicts her as pregnant with her famous son. It's part of a monument to Alexander's family in Skopje, the Macedonian capital.

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To Build Up Its Historical Image, Macedonia Is Going Baroque

3:23pm May 24, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Macedonia is one of the poorest countries in Europe, but it's been on a building spree that includes elaborate buildings and hundreds of statues, including an enormous one of Alexander the Great.

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A portrait of Capt. William Kidd at the Museum of London Docklands, in east London, shown in 2011.

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Silver Found Off Madagascar Thought To Be From Capt. Kidd's Treasure

2:27pm May 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Scottish sea captain was hanged as a pirate in 1701. He is known to have sailed to the small island of Sainte Maire off Madagascar in 1698.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (center) gestures next to Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis (left) and Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Minister Nikos Voutsis. Voutsis says Greece may miss its next debt payment.

Greece Warns That It Will Probably Miss Next Month's Debt Payment

10:17am May 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis says a $1.76 billion payment due next month "will not be given and is not there to be given."

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Ireland Appears To Approve Same-Sex Marriage

9:48pm May 23, 2015

Results are coming in from Ireland's vote on same-sex marriage. It's not just a referendum on gay rights; it's also a litmus test for how much this socially conservative country has changed recently.

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Historian May Have Discovered Henry I's Final Resting Place

9:48pm May 23, 2015

by Scott Simon

Yet another English monarch might be buried underneath an English parking lot. Scott Simon has more.

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The Bank of England in London in a photograph taken in March. The central bank inadvertently revealed that it was planning for a possible withdrawal of the U.K. from the European Union.

Email Slip Reportedly Reveals United Kingdom Plan For Possible EU Exit

4:33pm May 23, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In the communication that The Guardian says it received accidentally from the Bank of England, officials outlined details of the plan known as "Operation Bookend."

A campaign poster in Dublin encourages voters to say no to same-sex marriage ahead of a referendum in Dublin on Friday.

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Conservative, Catholic Ireland Votes On Same-Sex Marriage

5:17pm May 22, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

In every country where same-sex marriage has been legalized, it was brought about by lawmakers or the courts. On Friday, Ireland could become the first country to make it legal by the ballot box.

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Nuns vote on a referendum to legalize same-sex marriage, at a polling station in County Dublin, Ireland, on Friday.

Irish Voters Decide Whether To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

2:08pm May 22, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Polls show the "yes" vote is stronger in the conservative, predominantly Catholic country. But public opinion surveys could be masking a "shy no vote," observers say.

Macedonians, Ethnic Albanians Unite Over Effort to Oust Prime Minister

3:49am May 22, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Macedonia escaped largely unscathed from the ethnic violence that defined the breakup of Yugoslavia. But the country's Slavs and Albanians live largely separate and unequal lives, until now.

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Visitors look at a set at the famed Cinecittà films studio near Rome in 2012. The 100-acre, 22-stage facility is one of Europe's largest studios. It flourished in the 1950s and '60s but fell on hard times beginning in the 1980s. Now, it's undergoing a re

Rome's Cinematic 'Dream Factory' Ramps Up Production Once Again

8:27pm May 21, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Blockbusters like Ben-Hur were filmed at Cinecittà, a 100-acre movie metropolis, during its heyday. After decades of hard times, a tax credit has sparked a revival of "Hollywood on the Tiber."

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