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Eurovision 2010: The Continent's A Stage

Miro, Bulgaria's contestant, rehearses for the semifinals of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Nigel Treblin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Music News

Eurovision 2010: The Continent's A Stage

The annual Europe-wide singing competition, which pits country against country and artist against artist, takes place this weekend. People across the continent take it very seriously. William Lee Adams, editor-in-chief of wiwibloggs.com, recently spoke to David Greene about the contest.

Iran Protesters' Twitter Revolution On Display In Paris

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Iran Protesters' Twitter Revolution On Display In Paris

When Tehran banned the media from covering massive protests after the country's presidential election last year, ordinary Iranians used cell phones and social-networking and image-sharing websites such as Facebook and YouTube to communicate. Now, those images are on exhibit.

Duchess Of York Apologizes Over Newspaper Sting

Melissa Block talks to Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of the British tabloid The Sun, about the newest scandal involving Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. The former wife of Prince Andrew was tricked by the News of the World tabloid into offering to sell access to her ex-husband. The exchange was captured on video, where Ferguson tells the reporter, representing himself as a wealthy tycoon, that she will put him in contact with the prince for about $750,000. Ferguson says she deeply regrets the incident, which she called "a serious lapse of judgment." MacKenzie says Ferguson is deeply in debt, estranged from other members of the royal family, but protected from being cut off entirely from them because her children are in line to the British throne.

Economy

What Went Wrong In Spain But Why It Isn't Greece

On the surface, Spain shares some European problems: It grew too fast, leveraged too much and spent more than it should have. But beneath is a more complicated and uniquely Spanish story. The country grew in the wrong ways, investing too heavily in construction and depending too heavily on labor, especially unskilled foreign labor. Nearly a third of Spaniards under 26 are jobless. But the Spanish economy isn't destined to implode. The construction boom left an improved infrastructure, and Spanish youth are well-educated. Whether Spain manages to escape the same fate as Greece may well determine the future of European unity.