A Tour to Barcelona

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NPR 2010-12-10

In Britain, thousands of students are crowded around Parliament in protest at today's vote to triple university tuition. The plan to cap tuition fees to the equivalent of $14,000 was approved 323-302 in the House of Commons, where supporters said the

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Barcelona is regarded as Spains second city, behind capital Madrid. The city is steeped in history, Barcelona was founded by Carthaginians and according to tradition, its name was derived from the great Barker family of ancient Carpage. After numerou

US Military Prepares to Pull Back from Fallujah

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As Alibaba officially files for what is going to be the biggest tech IPO ever, the race is on for retail investors to make money from its listing. But as Cathy Yang reports, some of Hong Kongs more entrepreneurial retail investors have already begun

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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 05 September 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the country's Shi'ite religious leaderWednesday to discuss a political impasse that resulted inhalf of his cabinet quitting. VOA's Jim Randle reports from nort

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For more than two years, Europe's 17-nation euro currency bloc has grappled with containing its burgeoning governmental debt crisis. Its leaders often took half-steps they thought surely would calm international financial markets worried about the fa

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Host: After a whirlwind romance, just have dated for just a couple of months, anounced that they are getting married and oh my gosh and now a baby. We are talking of course about Tom Cruise and Katie

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AP 2011-02-09

1. There may be a curfew in Egypt to quell protests. But that has not kept demonstrators off the streets. Internet and cell phone service appears cut off, as the government tries to prevent people from organizing. 2. The white house says legitimate g

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U.S. presidential contender Mitt Romney decisively won Republican Party caucuses in the western state of Nevada Saturday, confirming his lead in the race to choose his party's nominee for the presidential election in November. Former Speaker of the H

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Greece and Spain faced new pressure Tuesday from the European debt crisis. The European Union bluntly told the Athens government it would not receive its next $11 billion installment from last year's bailout unless its fractious political leaders sig

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GWEN IFILL: It's an all-too- familiar story, in a new setting. This time, the city of Charlotte is on edge, awaiting a second night of protests over the police killing of a black man. The drama began with a Tuesday confrontation that sparked a night