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Migrants Recall Horrors Of Mediterranean Shipwreck

8:55am April 22, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Italy is considering targeted interventions against smugglers as the toll of those dying in the Mediterranean continues to rise. The weekend shipwreck off the Libyan coast may have claimed 800 lives.

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European Parliament President Urges Action On Migration Crisis

8:55am April 22, 2015

Thousands of migrants risk their lives trying to get asylum in Europe by boarding rickety boats to cross the Mediterranean. Renee Montagne talks Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament.

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Cheers! 170-Year-Old Champagne Recovered From Shipwreck

8:55am April 22, 2015

The find offers a chance to compare old champagne to new. Chemical analysis showed the antique bottles of bubbly had six to seven times more sugar than Coke.

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<strong><a href="http://apps.npr.org/syria/">READ: With Syria Engulfed In Civil War, Here Are Four Stories Of Families Trying To Stay Together</a></strong><br />More than 200,000 refugees have settled in Europe since the start of the Syrian conflict.

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Smuggler To Desperate Migrants: 'Now I Am Sending You To Your Death'

8:03pm April 21, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

More migrants are leaving from chaotic Libya in a bid to reach Europe. The overcrowded boats are at risk of sinking, and some do. A Syrian man tells of the treacherous journey with his young son.

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More Than 800 Dead In Mediterranean Migrant Tragedy

6:25pm April 21, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Authorities have arrested two alleged smugglers who might be responsible for the deaths. Nearly 2,000 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year.

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Personnel at work in the operations room of the Italian coast guard in Rome on Sunday during the coordination of relief efforts after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes off Libyan coast occurred in the Strait of Sicily.

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Hundreds Of Migrants Feared Dead In Capsized Boat Off North Africa

5:30pm April 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The vessel, carrying would-be migrants, appears to have been headed for the Italian island of Lampedusa.

An Italian coast guard vessel took part in a large search and rescue operation Sunday after a boat carrying migrants capsized overnight.

EU Holds Emergency Meeting After Migrant Boat Capsizes; Hundreds Feared Dead

5:28pm April 21, 2015

by Bill Chappell

With 28 survivors reported and 24 bodies recovered, only a fraction of the hundreds of people who were reportedly on board are accounted for.

Mohammed Ali Malek (left) and Mahmud Bikhit (center) were identified by survivors as the captain and a crew member of the vessel that sank in the Mediterranean this weekend. They're seen here shortly before an Italian coast guard ship took them to Catania

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Captain In Deadly Migrant Boat Sinking Charged With Manslaughter

5:27pm April 21, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The captain and a crew member are among the boat's 28 survivors; the U.N. says more than 800 would-be migrants died after cramming themselves onto the 66-foot boat.

Former SS guard Oskar Groening, now 93, enters a car after the first day of his trial in Lueneburg, Germany, on Tuesday. He faces 300,000 counts of accessory to murder, in a case that tests the argument that anyone who served at a Nazi death camp was comp

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Ex-Auschwitz Guard Says He Was 'Morally Complicit' In Atrocities

12:50pm April 21, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

In his opening statement to a court in Germany, Oskar Groening, 93, said the judges must decide on his "criminal liability." He has been charged with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.

Earlier this year, the European Central Bank, headed by Mario Draghi, launched a bond-buying program to drive down interest rates and boost borrowing.

When Rates Turn Negative, Banks Pay Customers To Borrow

10:30pm April 20, 2015

by John Ydstie

European interest rates are being pushed so low — to less than zero — that some banks are paying borrowers to take loans. Such low rates are aimed at boosting Europe's economy, but there are risks.

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