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Strikes in Britain are the latest in a series of protests sweeping Europe over the imposition of tough austerity measures aimed at controlling debt and spending. The result: a crisis of confidence. The airwaves are awash with gloomy debates over whether the European Union even has a long-term future.

Co-editors Ann and Gerard Gawalt talk about of the new book, First Daughters: Letters Between U.S. Presidents and Their Daughters. These are open and intimate letters between powerful men, and the girls they had very little time to raise. Hear NPR's Susan Stamberg.

Napoleon is credited with the phrase "an army marches on its stomach," but he probably never said it. Now 200 years after his legendary defeat, it's worth recalling his disregard for feeding his army.

Allegations that some members of Pakistan's national cricket team have been accepting bribes from bookmakers have shaken the world of international cricket. The three players all deny the allegations, but are being forced to sit out the rest of Pakistan's current tour of England while the matter is investigated.

The concept of multiculturalism is now being called into question in much of Europe. Some think it has failed.

Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has taken the lessons he's learned fighting TB and HIV/AIDS and applied them to stop the spread of gun violence. Because like those diseases, violence is contagious.

"I'm showing that trans women can be whatever they want to be: a teacher, a mother, a doctor, a politician and even Miss Universe," Miss Spain, Angela Ponce, said recently.

The new historical novel God Carlos by Anthony C. Winkler is set in the early sixteenth century.

The bells return to Balangiga after 117 years in U.S. custody.