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To Escape Military Service, Thousands Of Young Eritreans Flee To Europe

12:23am April 27, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Dan Connell, visiting researcher at the Boston University African Studies Center, about the large number of young people emigrating to Europe from Eritrea.

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Chagossians weep at the grave of their parents on Peros Banos Island April 10, 2006. Fifteen elders are allowed to visit once a year.

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Islanders Pushed Out For U.S. Base Hope For End To 40-Year Exile

11:52pm April 26, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Britain forced thousands off Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island, in the '70s to make way for a U.S. military base. For 40 years residents have fought to return. Now they have a growing chance.

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Malta's Coast Guard Rescues Migrants — And Feels The Strain

6:34pm April 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

For more than a decade, the Mediterranean island nation has responded to distress calls from desperate migrants hoping to reach safety. The difference now is in the numbers.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a celebration to mark the first anniversary of Crimea's incorporation into Russia, in Moscow, on March 18.

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Putin: 'No Regrets' Over Crimea Annexation

3:21pm April 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In a new documentary titled The President, the Russian leader says seizing Crimea from Ukraine righted a historical wrong.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge (left) celebrates winning the London Marathon next to runner-up and last year's winner Wilson Kipsang, also of Kenya, on Sunday.

Eliud Kipchoge Edges Out Fellow Kenyans To Win London Marathon

2:57pm April 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In his first win of the iconic long-distance race, Kipchoge clocked 2:04:47. Wilson Kipsang, who won last year, placed second and world-record holder Dennis Kimetto was third.

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U.K. Candidates Stumble Just Days Before General Election

10:47am April 26, 2015

The U.K. will vote in a general election on May 7. The BBC's Jonny Dymond has spent the last month covering a contest notable for, he says, closeness and dullness in equal measure — until now.

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Number Of The Week: Migrants En Route To Europe

10:47am April 26, 2015

For this Number of the Week, FiveThirtyEight.com's Mona Chalabi looks into the story of migrants trying to get to Europe — how many attempt the crossing, where they cross, how much it costs and more.

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Arts

'Save Us, Save Us': A Poem For The Migrants Lost At Sea

12:36pm April 25, 2015

We asked poet Craig Morgan Teicher to find a poem to illuminate a recent news event. He says the capsized boat in the Mediterranean Sea made him think of Derek Mahon's "A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford."

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Migrants Fleeing Violence Dock At Sicilian Port Of Augusta

6:27pm April 24, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

A ship carrying nearly 450 migrants docked at the Italian port of Augusta Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration says many migrants are families fleeing the conflict in Syria.

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The King Jacob, a Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel, was the first ship to arrive near the migrant boat that sank off the Libyan coast over the weekend. The boat had been carrying more than 800 people.

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Merchant Ships Called On To Aid Migrants In Mediterranean Feel The Strain

6:13pm April 24, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Commercial ships have rescued tens of thousands of migrants trying to cross by boat to Europe from Africa and the Middle East. But the vessels and their crews aren't equipped to handle these missions.

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