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International Conference May Help Afghanistan Hit The Reset Button

4:54pm March 27, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

London hosts a conference this week that could set the course for the next decade in Afghanistan. The new Afghan president will meet Western government leaders, some of them for the first time.

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On Libel And The Law, U.S. And U.K. Go Separate Ways

4:49pm March 27, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

An HBO documentary about Scientology, Going Clear, won't be released in Britain. Neither will the book on which it's based. That's because British and U.S. free speech protections are very different.

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People gather at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium in 2013 to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Russia.

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He, She Or Hen? Sweden's New Gender-Neutral Pronoun

4:03pm March 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The latest edition of the official dictionary of the Swedish language contains a new pronoun among its 13,000 new words — hen, to go along with he (han) and she (hon).

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Alps Crash Has Aviation Officials Reconsidering Safety Protocols

2:54pm March 27, 2015

by David Schaper

Investigators in the Germanwings crash are piecing together info from the cockpit voice recorder to try to draw conclusions about the crash's cause. The search continues for the flight data recorder.

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A Southwest Airlines pilot and co-pilot preparing for a flight from Dallas last year. In the wake of the Germanwings crash this week, many European airlines are rushing to adopt a two-person cockpit rule similar to the one already in place in the U.S.

Airlines Worldwide Rush To Adopt '2-Person' Cockpit Rule

10:14am March 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In the wake of the apparently deliberate crash of a German airliner, carriers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia say they will emulate a U.S. rule requiring two people in the cockpit at all times.

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Flight Club Members Say Germanwings Co-Pilot Seemed Happy

6:16am March 27, 2015

NPR's Robert Seigel interviews Associated Press reporter David McHugh, who visited the gliding club where the co-pilot of the plane in Tuesday's crash learned to fly.

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Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Germanwings Plane, Investigators Say

8:01pm March 26, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Investigators say that the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit before starting the plane's rapid descent. The Germanwings CEO says that the co-pilot passed all pre-flight tests.

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Students mourn in front of their school in Haltern, Germany, on Wednesday, a day after the Germanwings plane crash. Sixteen high-schoolers and two teachers from the school were among the 150 people onboard the plane.

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3 Americans Among Crash Victims Who Included Students, Opera Singers

7:40pm March 26, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

One hundred fifty people are believed to have died when Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 crashed Tuesday. The passengers were from at least 15 countries, including the U.S., Iran and Israel.

An image from AFP TV video taken Tuesday shows smoke billowing from scattered debris of the Germanwings Airbus A320 at the crash site in the French Alps above the town of Seyne-les-Alpes, France.

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Co-Pilot Showed 'Willingness To Destroy Aircraft,' Prosecutor Says

5:44pm March 26, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Marseille prosecutor said there is no evidence the Germanwings co-pilot's actions were a terrorist act. Passengers' screams can be heard before the final moments, he said. Death was immediate.

A still from the Intermarche campaign for ugly fruits and vegetables.

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In Europe, Ugly Sells In The Produce Aisle

5:34pm March 26, 2015

by Maria Godoy

Lumpy, bumpy produce that fails to meet supermarkets' high bar for beauty usually ends up as waste. But increasingly, European supermarkets are finding that ugly sells, if you tell the right story.