A Nation Stands Together For A Fallen Soccer Player
Last weekend, English soccer fans were looking forward to a sporting feast. They ended up taking part in a nationwide communal vigil, focused on an African player's fight for life.Something...
View ArticleStricken Soccer Player Fabrice Muamba Continues Recovery
There is good news to report on Fabrice Muamba, the soccer player in Britain who went into cardiac arrest during a big game last Saturday in London.Muamba, a 23-year-old from Congo, collapsed on the...
View ArticleOne Of Britain's Most Tenacious Pugilists Returns To Parliament
Those in Britain who complain that their politicians tend to be mealy-mouthed mediocrities who spend their lives battling over the middle ground are being compelled to think again.One of the country's...
View ArticleFar-Right European Movements Unite
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: They call the Danish port city of Aarhus the City of Smiles, but not many smiling today. Police are patrolling the streets to stop violence from erupting, as far-right...
View ArticleIrish Protest Against Household Tax As Austerity Pain Bites Further
House prices have crashed. Banks and businesses have failed. Jobs have been axed.
View ArticleBritish Attempt To Squash Online Bullying
Barely a day passes without a fresh example of abusive behavior in cyberspace. Cyber-bullying is an epidemic that's causing misery to a multitude of often vulnerable people. NPR's Philip Reeves says...
View ArticleBritish Press Inquiry Sheds Light On P.M.'s Circle
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The British have been holding a public inquiry into press ethics for the last few months. The government is responding to the outcry over the phone-hacking scandal at...
View Article'Theater' On The Thames Marks Queen's 60 Years
The queen of England this year marks 60 years on the throne, and Buckingham Palace is coordinating a week of events, including a concert at the palace and a 1,000-boat flotilla along the River Thames....
View ArticleSoccer Fails To Give Greeks Much-Needed Boost
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The soccer game - they call it football - between Greece in Germany in Poland yesterday was always about more than just sport. Of course, there's friction between these...
View Article'News Of The World' Editors Charged In Hacking
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We've been following some big developments today in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in Britain. Prosecutors are charging eight people - including a former...
View ArticleVideo Clip Previewing London 2012 Opening Ceremonies Is Released
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View ArticleOlympics Energize Britain's Patriots, Even (Perhaps) In Scotland
Any claim the British have to their fabled "stiff upper lip" is being destroyed by these Olympic Games. The Brits' lips are wobbling like jellies; their tears are flowing faster than the summer rain;...
View ArticleOlympics Sets Off British Tears
Transcript SUSAN STAMBERG, HOST: You find out so much about a country, you know, when it's hosting the Olympics. It's almost as if the games lay bare a nation's soul. NPR's Philip Reeves says that is...
View ArticleWinners And Losers From London's Summer Olympics, 'The Crying Games'
The London 2012 Olympics were billed as the Social Games, with Twitter, Facebook and other services making it an immersive experience. But it might be remembered as "The Crying Games," for the swelling...
View ArticleA Stiletto, A Lamppost And The Soul Of Berlin
Something horrible has happened in Berlin.You won't see it on TV or in the newspaper, but I know about it. So do my neighbors.That's because there's a lamppost on our street, festooned with a note that...
View ArticlePiecing Together 'The World's Largest Jigsaw Puzzle'
When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, frantically tore up millions of files gathered during decades of spying on its own citizens.More than two decades later,...
View ArticleA Shooting Foreshadowed By Taliban Threats
A 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl remains in critical condition after being shot in the head for defying the Taliban and championing the right of girls to go to school. Malala Yousafzai rose to...
View ArticleMalala Isn't Alone: Another Pakistani Girl's Dream
Stop someone in the street. Ask them about the case of Malala Yousafzai. They will likely know — after the worldwide publicity given to her story — that Malala is the Pakistani teenager who was shot...
View ArticlePakistan Fears Afghan Spillover Of Chaos, Refugees
Burhan Khan can't remember exactly when he fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan. He thinks it was about 30 years ago."Because there was war.
View ArticlePalestinians' Abbas Goes To U.N. Seeking New Status
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Good morning.The United States is strongly against it. So even more...
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