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How An Indian Businessman Outsmarted The Nazis, Rescued 5 Jewish Families
Long before the world came to know the story of Schindler's List, a businessman from Punjab was risking everything to quietly rescue Jewish families from the grip of Nazi persecution.
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Mark Zuckerberg Takes On Donald Trump: 'US A Nation Of Immigrants, Should Be Proud Of That'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today strongly hit out at the Donald Trump on his social network site for the new US President's anti-immigration policies and his plans to build a wall along the border with Mexico to keep illegal immigrants out.
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges European Countries To Keep Borders Open For Refugees
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Friday about increasing border restrictions in the Balkans and Austria for migrants and refugees streaming towards Europe and urged all countries to keep their frontiers open.
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Hungary Accuses Austria Of 'Stupidity' In Refugee Crisis
Hungary has accused Austria of confusing "solidarity and stupidity" after Vienna said that nations which do not accept their share of refugees under European Union quotas should face sanctions.
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'Frenchmen' With Possible Paris Attacks Links Held In Austria
Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.
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Austria to Build Fence on Slovenia Border in New Blow to Schengen Pact
In a new blow to the EU's cherished open-border Schengen accord, Austria announced today it would erect a 3.7-kilometre (2.3-mile) metal fence along its border with Slovenia to better manage a record influx of migrants and refugees.
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Austria Rethinks Asylum Rules as Migrants to Relocate From Greece
Austria sought to tighten asylum rules in the face of a record influx of migrants, hours before the first refugees are set to be relocated from Greece today under a faltering EU plan to ease the burden on southern countries.
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Austria to Build Border Fence, Threatening Schengen Zone
Austria on Wednesday announced plans to build a fence at a major border crossing with fellow EU state Slovenia to "control" the migrant influx, in a blow to the EU's cherished passport-free Schengen zone.
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Migrants Fall Through the Cracks in Austria's Asylum System
After fleeing civil war, surviving a perilous sea crossing and trudging through several countries, Syrian refugees think they will receive basic food, shelter and fair treatment when they reach Austria. Most are right, but some tell a different tale.
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Angela Merkel Rebuffs Party Pressure to Take Tougher Line on Refugees
Chancellor Angela Merkel resisted pressure from her own conservatives on Tuesday to tighten Germany's border controls and turn away refugees arriving via Austria, participants at a meeting of lawmakers said.
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How An Indian Businessman Outsmarted The Nazis, Rescued 5 Jewish Families
Long before the world came to know the story of Schindler's List, a businessman from Punjab was risking everything to quietly rescue Jewish families from the grip of Nazi persecution.
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Mark Zuckerberg Takes On Donald Trump: 'US A Nation Of Immigrants, Should Be Proud Of That'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today strongly hit out at the Donald Trump on his social network site for the new US President's anti-immigration policies and his plans to build a wall along the border with Mexico to keep illegal immigrants out.
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges European Countries To Keep Borders Open For Refugees
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Friday about increasing border restrictions in the Balkans and Austria for migrants and refugees streaming towards Europe and urged all countries to keep their frontiers open.
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Hungary Accuses Austria Of 'Stupidity' In Refugee Crisis
Hungary has accused Austria of confusing "solidarity and stupidity" after Vienna said that nations which do not accept their share of refugees under European Union quotas should face sanctions.
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'Frenchmen' With Possible Paris Attacks Links Held In Austria
Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.
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Austria to Build Fence on Slovenia Border in New Blow to Schengen Pact
In a new blow to the EU's cherished open-border Schengen accord, Austria announced today it would erect a 3.7-kilometre (2.3-mile) metal fence along its border with Slovenia to better manage a record influx of migrants and refugees.
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Austria Rethinks Asylum Rules as Migrants to Relocate From Greece
Austria sought to tighten asylum rules in the face of a record influx of migrants, hours before the first refugees are set to be relocated from Greece today under a faltering EU plan to ease the burden on southern countries.
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Austria to Build Border Fence, Threatening Schengen Zone
Austria on Wednesday announced plans to build a fence at a major border crossing with fellow EU state Slovenia to "control" the migrant influx, in a blow to the EU's cherished passport-free Schengen zone.
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Migrants Fall Through the Cracks in Austria's Asylum System
After fleeing civil war, surviving a perilous sea crossing and trudging through several countries, Syrian refugees think they will receive basic food, shelter and fair treatment when they reach Austria. Most are right, but some tell a different tale.
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Angela Merkel Rebuffs Party Pressure to Take Tougher Line on Refugees
Chancellor Angela Merkel resisted pressure from her own conservatives on Tuesday to tighten Germany's border controls and turn away refugees arriving via Austria, participants at a meeting of lawmakers said.
