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Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted defeat in Sri Lanka, while India's month-long national elections have resulted in a victory for India's Congress Party. NPR's Philip Reeves discusses the latest developments with host Liane Hansen.

Britain's Royal Wedding is the biggest national celebration in 30 years. Prince William marries Kate Middleton on Friday and the British are planning a big party. Blackpool is in England's north, and residents there embrace a good party.

A recent Pew survey found that an unprecedented one in five Americans now say they are not affiliated with any religious denomination. Or, looked at another way, nearly four out of five identify with an organized faith. Research also shows those Americans overstate how often they go to church by about half.

Schumer, D-N.Y., and other top Democrats sent a letter to President Trump yesterday, laying out tough demands ahead of Trump's summit with North Korea. He talks about them with NPR's Rachel Martin.

Pope Benedict's visit to the United Kingdom comes in the middle of one of the most serious crises in the Vatican's history. It is dealing with a sex abuse scandal.

Seafood markets in Fukushima, Japan, are being stocked with locally caught products again, as officials seek to reintroduce local fare in the area that hit by a nuclear meltdown in 2011. Seeking to lure customers back, the seafood was available at a 40 percent discount at one store.

Writer PHILIP ROTH. He's best known for his books, "Goodbye, Columbus," and "Portnoy's Complaint." Since the publication of his first book, ROTH has been controversial for his treatment of Jewish themes. Some readers think his satirical take is anti-Semitic. His book "Portnoy's Complaint," (1969) a sexual autobiography of a young lawyer, was labeled obscene by some because of its descriptions of masturbation and sexual conquest. Though the literary critics liked it, "a deliciously funny book, absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious." He's written a number of books since then, including an autobiography, "The Facts," and a portrait of his father, "Patrimony: A True Story," (1989) which was admired for being "deeply resonant." Roth has also edited the Writers from Other Europe series for Penguin Books. He has a new book, "Operation Shylock." (Simon & Sch

The producer grew up in a rural town in the south of Norway. He gave astrophysics a try but his DJ career took off, and now he produces underground hits year after year.

In his new book, Richard Rhodes lays out an accessible and surprisingly optimistic history of energy by exploring the lives of scientists and inventors — and a few unlikely people, like Bard of Avon.

The Irish government has finally agreed to a bailout from the IMF and the EU, but the fact that the country even needed international aid has angered many people there. They are angry that the government let Irish banks overextend themselves, then promised to rescue them with billions of euros of Irish taxpayers' money. Many of Ireland's 4.5 million people are also angry that their long struggle for independence from Britain in the last century will now culminate in a loss of economic sovereignty. This anger is being expressed through biting satire, music and Guinness.