Europe

A "getaway selfie," as Mokhtar Alkhanshali calls it: Alkhanshali (left) makes his way across the Red Sea with this boat driver — and without navigation equipment.

World News

Trapped In Yemen's 'Armageddon,' An American Made A Dangerous Escape

9:04pm April 11, 2015

by NPR Staff

Shortly after Saudi airstrikes began in Yemen, an American importer realized he was stuck in a war zone. Only with some quick thinking — and a tiny boat — did he narrowly escape back to the U.S.

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Sports

Women Join Men On Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Day

10:54am April 11, 2015

For the first time in the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race history, the women's event will be held on the same day as the men's. Tamara Keith speaks with American rower Caryn Davies.

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World News

Family Dispute Tears At France's Far-Right National Front

10:54am April 11, 2015

A family feud is raging in France's far-right political party between party leader Marine Le Pen and its founder, Le Pen's father. NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with French journalist Cecile Alduy.

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Dog Didn't Bite Man, Blind Pot Customer Tells French Court

7:49pm April 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A blind man who was sold actual grass instead of the grass he was looking for has told a French court that it was he, and not his guide dog, who bit a deceitful dealer.

Upcoming British Election May Determine Welfare State's Fate

6:50pm April 10, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

British voters will go to the polls in one month in an election that may determine the future of the British welfare state. Prime Minister David Cameron will face Labour Party leader Ed Miliband.

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German Student Tries To Use FOI Law To His Advantage

7:56am April 10, 2015

Germany, like the U.S., has freedom of information laws. A German student used the law to request access to his final exam — before the test date. He's not likely to succeed.

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World News

French Officials Investigate Hack Of Television Network

10:16pm April 09, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Damien Leloup, a technology writer for the French paper Le Monde, about the cyberattack on the French global TV network, TV5Monde.

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Financially-Troubled Greece Meets IMF Deadline

10:16pm April 09, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Greece managed to make a $494 million debt payment to the International Monetary Fund Thursday, despite a precarious financial situation that had many speculating it would fail to do so. The problem for Greece is that there are several more deadlines on the horizon.

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Books

Queen Victoria's Childhood Story To Be Published

10:16pm April 09, 2015

A short story written by Queen Victoria when she was just 10 years old is to be published for the first time in June.

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A screen grab of the newly restored TV5Monde website shows its coverage of the hacking attack.

World News

French TV Network Hacked By 'Cyber Caliphate' Group

3:10pm April 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Screens went blank and normal programming for TV5Monde viewers was replaced by a message: "Je suIS IS." It's unknown whether the hackers have actual ties to ISIS.