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An artist's conception of the two-way cycle track on Tower Hill. The track is part of London's new plan to boost its bicycle infrastructure.

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London Taxi Chief Compares Cyclists To Islamic State Militants

6:12pm February 06, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Steve McNamara later walked his comments back but says he and his group have been threatened because of their opposition to London's just-approved segregated bike lanes and dedicated traffic signals.

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Refugees Find A Closing Of Sweden's Open-Door Immigration Policy

11:36am February 06, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Ethnic and political tensions are growing in Sweden, a country traditionally known for its openness and tolerance. In some cases, the victims of discrimination are also perpetrators.

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Two young girls carry leaflets reading "Don't touch my mosque" as they participate in a demonstration at the Parliament House in Stockholm last month.

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Sweden's Immigrant Influx Unleashes A Backlash

11:34am February 06, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Long welcoming of refugees and asylum-seekers, Sweden is now seeing growing resentment. An anti-immigration party is gaining strength, mosques have been firebombed and anti-Semitism seems on the rise.

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Diplomacy Round Sparked After Upsurge In Eastern Ukraine Fighting

11:25am February 06, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The renewed crisis in Ukraine has further strained relations between the U.S. and Russia, just as Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

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French, German Leaders To Present Ukraine Peace Plan To Russia

11:25am February 06, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

French President Francois Hollande and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel travel to Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the crisis in Ukraine.

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Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Philip Breedlove attends a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Jan. 22. Breedlove told NPR on Thursday that

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NATO Commander: 'Conditions In Eastern Ukraine Have To Change'

11:05am February 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO's supreme allied commander of Europe, tells NPR that "hundreds and hundreds" of Russian troops as assisting separatists in eastern Ukraine.

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Catholics march in San Salvador on March 22, 2014, during the commemoration of the 33th anniversary of Romero's murder.

Decades After His Murder, An Archbishop Is Put On Path To Sainthood

8:28am February 06, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Pope Francis has declared slain Archbishop Oscar Romero a martyr. Previous popes declined to do so, possibly because of Romero's role in liberation theology.

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U.S. Could Stand To Lose A Lot By Getting Involved In Ukraine

8:00pm February 05, 2015

Audie Cornish talks to Rajan Menon, professor of political science at the Powell School of the City College of New York, about his Los Angeles Times piece, "Want to Arm Kiev? Better have a Plan B."

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Kerry Visits Kiev To Show Support For Beleaguered Ukrainian Government

6:23pm February 05, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Meanwhile, the Obama administration is under increasing pressure to provide weapons to the Ukrainians.

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Anti-Immigrant Rally Draws Thousands In Dresden

5:30pm February 05, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Supporters of a German movement that seeks to limit Muslim immigration marched through the streets of Dresden on Monday, despite appeals for them to lesson inter-communal tensions.

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