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French PM: ‘Several arrests’ in search for shooters

January 8, 2015 VOANews

The French prime minister says there have been “several arrests” in the search for two suspects in Wednesday’s shooting spree

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SYRIZA maintains narrow lead over New Democracy, latest polls show

January 8, 2015January 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Two opinion polls whose results were made public on January 7 2015 showed that SYRIZA maintained a lead over New Democracy

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Germany, Ukraine sign loan deal ahead of top level talks

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has talks in Berlin Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.  They are expected to focus

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Bulgaria joins condemnation of terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo

January 7, 2015January 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry have added their voices to condemnation of the terrorist attack on January 7 on

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Global action urged to stop migrant ‘ghost ships’

January 7, 2015 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Syrian refugees

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for action to stop the use of so-called ghost ships to transport

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Suicide attack in Istanbul – One police officer dead

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

A suicide bomb attack took place in Istanbul, which resulted in one policeman dead and another wounded. The attack was

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Human traffickers challenge Europe

January 3, 2015January 7, 2015 Al Pessin of VOANews

Human traffickers are using a new tactic to combat a change in Italy’s approach to dealing with asylum-seekers, leaving a

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Confusion over survivors of Norman Atlantic ferry fire continues

January 2, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek and Italian authorities continue to issue confusing figures about how many people are still not accounted for in the Norman

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Burnt Greek ferry being towed to Italy

January 2, 2015 VOANews Greece

The badly burned wreck of the car ferry that caught fire Sunday off the coast of Greece is being towed

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