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Muslim men attend Friday prayers at La Pau Islamic Center in Tarragona, a Mediterranean coastal town where Muslims comprise about 10 percent of the population.

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Spain's Muslim Business Owners Feel Squeezed By New Zoning Proposals

3:07pm March 03, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Catalonia is home to mainland Spain's largest Muslim population. But politicians in one area are proposing laws to "protect traditional Spanish businesses" that Muslim leaders say are discriminatory.

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Thousands March In Moscow In Memory Of Murdered Putin Critic

3:07pm March 03, 2015

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday in Moscow to mourn opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on Friday. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Corey Flintoff, who was at the march.

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More than 600 Porto city buses and taxis have been fitted with routers to provide free Wi-Fi service. It's being touted as the biggest Wi-Fi-in-motion network in the world.

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Free Wi-Fi On Buses Offers A Link To Future Of 'Smart Cities'

1:43pm March 03, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

A new service in a Portuguese city not only provides commuters with free Internet connections but also helps collect data that make the municipality run more efficiently.

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Russians March In Memory Of Murdered Opposition Leader Nemtsov

8:08pm March 02, 2015

Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Putin, was shot and killed in Moscow on Friday. David Greene talks to NPR's Corey Flintoff and independent political analyst Masha Lipman.

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Workers stand next to a gas pipeline not far from the central Ukrainian city of Poltava in June 2014. Ukraine imports much of its gas from Russia, which is once again threatening to cut off supplies in a dispute over payments.

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A New Front In The Ukrainian Conflict: Russian Gas Imports

6:38pm March 02, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russia has cut off Ukraine's gas supplies in the past and is threatening to do it again. The latest payment dispute comes at a sensitive moment in the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

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People hold flags and posters during a march to commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night.

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Opposition Rally In Moscow To Mourn Boris Nemtsov

4:58pm March 02, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Russian opposition leader was gunned down in Moscow on Friday in what many of his supporters believe was a directed political assassination.

Earlier this month, Dr. Sadiqu al-Mousllie, accompanied by his family and a few members of their mosque, stood in downtown Braunschweig, Germany, and held up signs that read: "I am a Moslem. What would you like to know?" in an effort to promote dialogue b

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A German Muslim Asks His Compatriots: 'What Do You Want To Know?'

9:52am March 02, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Inside his dentist's office, Sadiqu al-Mousllie is treated like any other German. It's different when the Syrian-born man steps outside. He's trying to fight Islamophobia, one question at a time.

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What It's Like To Be Young And Muslim In Europe

8:15am March 02, 2015

by Audie Cornish

Members of the Muslim minority communities In Britain, France and Germany discuss their feelings about how they fit into the culture of the countries in which they reside.

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The tiny town of Sundsvall, Sweden, is home to the world's first airport to land passenger planes by remote control. The cameras used to help the air traffic controllers guide airplanes render details as small as cars pulling into the parking lot from mil

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In Sweden, Remote-Control Airport Is A Reality

10:35pm February 28, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Sweden is the first country in the world to use new technology to land passenger airplanes remotely. At an airport in a tiny town, flights are guided by operators sitting miles away.

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Boris Nemtsov, Shot Friday, Was A Vehement Anti-Putin Critic

10:40am February 28, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in Moscow Friday night. Nemtsov was a longtime opposition leader and a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin. Putin condemned the killing.

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