Pope Benedict XVI To Resign Feb. 28
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.Surprising news this morning from the Vatican. Pope...
View ArticleSequester Politics In The News
Usually when we come up to the edge of one of these deadlines there are 11th-hour negotiations, and the two parties manage to swerve away from the precipice at the last minute. What about this time?
View ArticleBenedict XVI Leaves The Vatican, Headed To Retirement
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: We're hearing this morning that Pope Benedict has left the Vatican. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli is covering the first papal retirement in 600 years, and she joins us now from...
View ArticleEthnic Violence Haunts Kenya's Presidential Election
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Kenya votes for a new president today for the first time in five years. It's an important election, in part because the country is still haunted by the ethnic violence...
View ArticleVenezuela Mourns Late President Hugo Chavez
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.Venezuela is in a state of mourning for its late president, Hugo...
View ArticleWhat Will Chavez's Death Mean For Cuba?
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The death of Hugo Chavez could mean as much for Cuba as it will for Venezuela. As we just heard, Chavez looked to Fidel Castro for inspiration, and Castro has supplied...
View ArticleE.U. Bailout Tax Causes Bank Run In Cyprus
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. Stock prices are dropping around the world this morning, reacting to...
View ArticleCyprus Proposes Exempting Smaller Deposits From Tax
The government of Cyprus is trying to ease fears over a proposed tax on bank deposits. Newly proposed legislation would exempt savers with smaller accounts. It's part of a bailout plan for that...
View ArticleYounger Generation Poised To Lead Afghanistan's Future
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne, in Kabul, Afghanistan.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep, in Washington, with David Greene.Renee's...
View ArticleSelect Young Afghans Chosen As Commandoes In Training
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All right, through much of this week, we've been hearing from young Afghans on the future of their country after NATO troops withdraw in 2014. Yesterday, our colleague...
View ArticleFood Entrepreneur Is A New Bread Of Afgahn Business Owner
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: MORNING EDITION's Renee Montagne has been in Kabul, a place she knows well. It's her ninth trip to Afghanistan since 2001. This time, she's reporting on a new generation...
View ArticleMay's Unemployment Rate Expected To Hold Steady
The Labor Department on Friday reported a jobless rate of 7.6 percent as employers added 175,000 jobs and more people began to look for work last month. That's up from April's rate of 7.5 percent.
View ArticleVoters Cast Ballots In Iran's Presidential Election
It's Iran's first presidential election since the stunning vote in 2009. Back then, a surprisingly early declaration of victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked a wave of protests, followed by...
View ArticleSuspense Builds For Verdicts On Most-Watched Supreme Court Cases
Again this year, the Supreme Court is waiting until the very end of the term to hand down the most anticipated decisions. Why does the high court always seem to do that?
View ArticleInbee Park Shares Record Book Wins With Babe Zaharias
Transcript (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The talk of the sports world this morning is women's golf. A rare moment brought on by a 24-year-old from South Korea. Inbee Park won the U.S....
View ArticleNew York Hosts Major League All-Star Game
Baseball's All-Star game is being played in New York Tuesday night. The winner gets home field advantage during the World Series.
View ArticleMarket Mood Improves After Bernanke Remarks
Stock and bond markets reacted positively to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks on the economy Wednesday morning. Bernanke was on Capitol Hill delivering the Fed's twice yearly update on...
View ArticleWashington Stresses Seriousness Of Terrorist Threat
Nineteen American diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa will remain closed all week. That after U.S. intelligence picked up a threat of terrorist attacks by al Qaida and its...
View ArticleA-Rod Said To Be Facing Long Suspension From Baseball
Major League Baseball is expected to hand down suspensions to several players implicated in performance enhancing drug use. New York Yankees all star Alex Rodriguez is the most prominent name on the...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball Works To Win Fans' Trust
Monday was a historic one for Major League Baseball after 13 players were suspended for violating the league's drug policy. It's the largest group of players ever sanctioned at one time in an...
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