Poles protest against proposed abortion ban
Thousands of Poles protested in several cities on April 3 2016 against a possible complete ban on abortion advocated by the
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Europe
Refugees held on Greek island wonder about their future
Men lounge on concrete slabs a few meters from the barbed-wire-topped chain-link fence that surrounds this center in Lesbos, Greece.
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Turkey forcibly sending war refugees back to Syria, Amnesty reports
Turkey has been rounding up and forcibly sending back about 100 Syrian refugees nearly every day since January, according to
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Migrant arrivals across Med eight times higher than in Q1 2015
At least 170 000 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in the first three months of 2016, a
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Survey: 9 out of 10 refugees want to return home
The vast majority of the refugees say they would like to return home at some point when the war has
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Europe prepares to deport migrants
On Monday, the European Union and Greece are scheduled to begin sending migrants, including Syrians, from the Greek Isles to
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ICTY war crimes court acquits Serbian ultra-nationalist Šešelj
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on March 31 2016 acquitted Vojislav Šešelj, president of the Serbian
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US urges diplomats’ and military’s families to leave Turkey
Once Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan boarded the presidential plane to travel to Washington, the US ordered the families of
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US plans to boost military presence in Eastern Europe
The United States plans to increase its military presence in Eastern Europe to deter Russian aggression, officials said Wednesday. The
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