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Ukrainian Protestants Say Religious Intolerance Rising In Donetsk

10:33am March 29, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Protestants from the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine say they are being persecuted by the Russian Orthodox Church. Many evangelicals have left because of a crackdown on religious freedom.

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Wandsworth prison in south London in a 2010 photo. Neil Moore, a 28-year-old convicted fraudster, walked out of the prison earlier this month by showing guards a bail letter he'd forged.

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British Fraudster Walks Out Of Jail Using Forged Bail Letter

4:13pm March 28, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The man, who was serving time for a $2.7 million fraud, simply showed guards the letter and walked free. He later changed his mind and turned himself back in to authorities.

A stone memorial, surrounded by flowers, has been placed near the site in the French Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed on Tuesday (March 24, 2015). Investigators believe the jet's co-pilot brought it down deliberately.

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Germanwings Crash: 'Suicide' Doesn't Seem To Tell The Story

2:54pm March 28, 2015

by Mark Memmott

Though investigators say it looks like the co-pilot deliberately brought down the jet, killing himself and 149 others, there are reasons not to use that word.

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A German police investigator carries a box after searching an apartment believed to belong to the crashed Germanwings flight 4U 9524 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in Duesseldorf, on Thursday.

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Pilot Who Downed Airliner Vowed 'To Do Something' To Be Remembered

2:53pm March 28, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Andreas Lubitz is believed to have locked the pilot of the Germanwings Flight 4U 9524 out of the cockpit before deliberately putting the aircraft into a fatal descent.

Italy's Highest Court Overturns Amanda Knox Conviction

1:17pm March 28, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The decision puts an end to a story that began in 2009 when Knox was found guilty of murdering 21-year-old Meredith Kercher two years earlier.

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After Apartment Search, German Investigators Say Co-Pilot Hid An Illness

1:06pm March 28, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Authorities in Europe find more clues about the problems plaguing the German co-pilot accused of intentionally downing his airliner in the French Alps this week.

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Pilot Association Raises Concerns About Germanwings Investigation

12:55pm March 28, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with James Phillips, international affairs director of the German Pilots Association, for the latest on Andreas Lubitz and reaction from German pilots.

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Germanwings Pilot Had Extensive Medical History

10:56am March 28, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Matthias Gebauer of Der Spiegel about the co-pilot who investigators say deliberately crashed a Germanwings plane in the French Alps this week.

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Safety Experts Question Mental Screenings For Pilots

10:56am March 28, 2015

by David Schaper

German authorities now say the co-pilot who brought down the Germanwings aircraft hid an illness from his employers. These reports have raised concerns about the mental health screening of pilots.

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Police officers carry boxes outside a house in Montabaur, Germany, on Thursday in connection with the investigation into the Germanwings A320 crash.

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German Prosecutor: Germanwings Co-Pilot Concealed Medical Condition

6:14pm March 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Duesseldorf prosecutor also said torn-up sick notes for the day of the crash supported that "preliminary assessment." He did not say what the illness was. Tuesday's crash killed 150 people.