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6:02 am
Thu May 3, 2012

Angry Voters Could Change Makeup Of Greece's Parliament

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A member of the Golden Dawn far-right political organization takes part in a demonstration in Peraia, a suburb outside Thessaloniki, on April 26. Some polls indicate that in the national elections May 6, Golden Dawn may surpass the 3 percent threshold needed to enter Parliament.
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A Nazi-style poster with a Celtic cross replacing the swastika is displayed on the wall as Golden Dawn candidate Giorgos Germanis (right) and an unidentified man are seen at a party office in the suburban town of Artemis, east of Athens.
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Reeling from a vicious financial crisis that has cost them pensions and jobs, Greeks have been turning away in droves from the mainstream politicians they feel have let them down. Here, a member of the far-right Golden Dawn party hands out election pamphlets in Artemis on April 26.
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Originally published on Thu May 3, 2012 11:50 am

Greeks go to the polls Sunday in a climate of intense voter anger at the politicians they blame for turning their country into an international economic pariah. Protest votes could fill Parliament with an array of new parties, and most surprising is the growing popularity of the xenophobic Golden Dawn, which espouses a neo-Nazi ideology.

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NPR Story
6:02 am
Thu May 3, 2012

Activists Changes His Mind About Staying In China

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Originally published on Thu May 3, 2012 11:26 am

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NPR Story
6:02 am
Thu May 3, 2012

Chinese Activist's Statements Confuse State Department

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Originally published on Thu May 3, 2012 10:31 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Let's talk about this more with NPR diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen. She's traveling with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She's in Beijing. And Michele, how did this seem to go so wrong so quickly?

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It's All Politics
3:06 am
Thu May 3, 2012

That New Friend You Made On Facebook? He Might Be Named Mitt Or Barack

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An image from the Republican National Committee's Facebook page advertises its new "Social Victory Center" app.
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An image from the Republican National Committee's Facebook "Social Victory Center" app.
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Originally published on Thu May 3, 2012 10:31 am

As the presidential campaigns refocus on November, they're zeroing in on digital domains. In fact, the Obama campaign has spent six times as much money advertising online as it has on TV so far, though that's certain to change.

And Republicans are fighting back with a new Facebook app called the "Social Victory Center." (You have to be a Facebook user to access the site.)

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Arts & Life
2:17 am
Thu May 3, 2012

Colorful Visions At African-American Art Exhibit

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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:50 am

The African-American experience is reflected, right now, on the walls of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Exuberant dancing in Chicago. Laundry on a line in the nation's capital. A girl smiling out from her father's warm jacket — all captured in photographs, paintings and sculptures from the 1920s through the 1990s.

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