Search results for

Vladimir Putin quickly overcame his status as a relative unknown when former President Boris Yeltsin appointed him prime minister of Russia in August 1999.

A few stores in Berlin have been willing to accept Deutschmarks as part of holiday promotions, delighting many shoppers. The old currency officially stopped circulating in July, giving way to the euro. Shopkeepers say the promotion has helped sales. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Most generals, politicians and defense analysts talk of increased training for Iraqi forces as the highest priority, and the best shot possible for U.S. success in Iraq.

Those darn euphemisms & the optimism of Arthur Guinness

The number of breast cancer cases dropped by seven percent in 2003, according to newly released figures, meaning about 14,000 fewer women were diagnosed with the disease than in 2002.

A Kremlin official says former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died. Yeltsin engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed Russia to embrace democracy and a market economy. He was 76.

In

China and Congo are enjoying an era of economic cooperation, swapping cut-rate financing for infrastructure projects with oil and timber. But critics charge is the exchange is unequal.

Protesters rallied around Turkey in expectation of Pope Benedict's arrival. It's the Pope's first visit to a Muslim nation, and some observers see it as an act of reconciliation after the outrage his comments about Islam caused there earlier this year. Host Mike Pesca talks to Ivan Watson, who is in Ankara, Turkey.

After a montage of pumped up imagery of pro wrestling, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone, Bell explains "I was always against steroids and when I found out that all my heroes used them I'd like to say that it didn't bother me but it did. I can't imagine how my mom would feel if she found out that both my brothers were on steroids right now." That's right, Bell's two brothers use steroids and Bell focuses on them as he explores steroid use in the U.S. Bell's approach takes it's cue from the humorous personal narrative style of Michael Moore's