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December 6, 2016

Mediterranean refugee arrivals in 2016 pass 351,000

Over 351,000 migrants or refugees have crossed into Greece and Italy since the beginning of 2016 compared with 883,393 by this time in 2015, according to the International Organization...

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December 6, 2016

Turkish PM: One-year halt in Turkey, Russia ties ‘over’

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim used his first visit to Moscow as Turkish premier on Tuesday to say the one-year halt in relations between Russia and Turkey was over. Yildirim,...

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December 6, 2016

Refugees to get Turkish Red Crescent debit cards

The Turkish Red Crescent has started accepting applications for its special debit cards for refugees, known as the Kizilay Card, which is being financed by the European Union. The...

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December 6, 2016

500 migrants drowned at sea off Egypt. No one investigated

At around 2am on Saturday 9 April a large blue fishing boat carrying hundreds of African migrants and their children capsized just off the coast of Egypt. Some drowned...

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December 6, 2016

Netanyahu slams Fatah for electing Marwan Barghouti

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed the Fatah movement – which leads the Palestinian Authority – for its recent decision to elect jailed Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti to...

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December 6, 2016

Thousands of Tunisian lawyers join protest against new taxes

Several thousand Tunisian lawyers demonstrated today in front of the prime minister’s office, with some demanding his resignation as they escalated a protest against widely unpopular new taxes that...

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December 6, 2016

Egypt arrests 45 in organ trading racket bust

Egypt has uncovered a network accused of illicit international trafficking in human organs, arresting 45 people and recovering millions of dollars in a dawn raid today, the health ministry...

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December 6, 2016

Turks offer free fish, tombstones and haircuts to prop up lira

Free haircuts, scientific funding, fish and tombstones are among the incentives being offered to Turks who answer President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to convert their dollars to lira....

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December 6, 2016

Austria to fine or jail migrants who lie to authorities

Austria plans to jail or fine asylum seekers who lie to the authorities, a move aimed partly at dissuading migrants from trying to settle, it said today. The cabinet...

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December 6, 2016

Saudi sentences 15 to death for spying for Iran

A Saudi court today sentenced 15 people to death for spying for Iran, Saudi-owned newspaper Al-Riyadh reported, in a ruling that is likely to further stoke tension between the...

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