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Turkey remands Western reporting crew to custody

August 31, 2015 VOANews Turkey

A court in southeastern Turkey has ordered two British journalists and their translator remanded to custody, ahead of an eventual

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Europe 

Ukraine cancels upcoming local polls near combat zone

August 31, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Election officials in Ukraine have canceled upcoming local polls in parts of two rebel-controlled regions near the Russian border, after

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Europe 

EU calls for special meeting on migrant crisis

August 30, 2015September 1, 2015 VOANews

The interior ministers of Britain, France and Germany have called for a special meeting of European Union interior and justice

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Europe 

Turkey’s president approves interim cabinet

August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved an interim government that will give a pro-Kurdish party cabinet posts for the

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Europe 

Three arrested in discovery of 71 migrants’ bodies in Austria

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 VOANews Austria, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Austrian officials say they have arrested three people connected to the discovery of 71 bodies of migrants found in a

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Europe 

Top judge becomes Greece’s first female prime minister

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 VOANews Greece

Vassiliki Thanou, Greece’s top supreme court judge, was sworn in Thursday as a caretaker head of the government, becoming the

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Europe 

Merkel to meet with Balkan leaders on migrant crisis

August 27, 2015 VOANews

German chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting Thursday with leaders of Balkan nations to discuss Europe’s worst migration crisis since World

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Europe 

Thousands of migrants leave Macedonia by train to Serbia

August 23, 2015August 27, 2015 VOANews Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Thousands of migrants boarded trains Sunday in Macedonia headed north to Serbia after being stuck at the border for several

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Europe 

Migrants rush past police into Macedonia

August 23, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Thousands of migrants on Saturday rushed past baton-wielding Macedonian police who attempted to block them from entering the country from

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