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Explained: How Hamas Gets Weapons In Gaza Despite Strict Border Control
Israel has ordered a full siege of the Gaza Strip and vowed to obliterate Hamas after its all-out offensive entered the next phase.
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Explainer: Gaza - One Of The Most Densely Populated Places On Earth Scarred By War
The Gaza strip, an impoverished Palestinian enclave, is bordered by Israel in the east and north, Egypt in the south, with the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
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2 Jet Skiers Accidentally Stray Across Border, Shot Dead By Algeria Coastguard: Report
Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported on Thursday.
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5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Turkey-Iran Border, 2 Killed: Report
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported on Saturday.
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Europe's Mediterranean Border 'By Far World's Deadliest' For Migrants: UN Report
More than 33,000 migrants have died at sea trying to reach European shores since 2000, making the Mediterranean "by far the world's deadliest border", the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.
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Austria Ready To Deploy Army At Italy Border
Austria will "very soon" impose border checks and deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean does not slow, Vienna's defence minister was quoted as saying Monday.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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25 People Found Dead In Mediterranean Migrant Boat
The French aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday that 25 migrants had been found dead aboard an inflatable dinghy in the southern Mediterranean.
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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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Europe Can Accept Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants: Italy
Europe can take in hundreds of thousands of migrants provided there are common policies to ease the burden for border countries, Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said.
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Explained: How Hamas Gets Weapons In Gaza Despite Strict Border Control
Israel has ordered a full siege of the Gaza Strip and vowed to obliterate Hamas after its all-out offensive entered the next phase.
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Explainer: Gaza - One Of The Most Densely Populated Places On Earth Scarred By War
The Gaza strip, an impoverished Palestinian enclave, is bordered by Israel in the east and north, Egypt in the south, with the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
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2 Jet Skiers Accidentally Stray Across Border, Shot Dead By Algeria Coastguard: Report
Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported on Thursday.
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5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Turkey-Iran Border, 2 Killed: Report
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported on Saturday.
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Europe's Mediterranean Border 'By Far World's Deadliest' For Migrants: UN Report
More than 33,000 migrants have died at sea trying to reach European shores since 2000, making the Mediterranean "by far the world's deadliest border", the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.
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Austria Ready To Deploy Army At Italy Border
Austria will "very soon" impose border checks and deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean does not slow, Vienna's defence minister was quoted as saying Monday.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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25 People Found Dead In Mediterranean Migrant Boat
The French aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday that 25 migrants had been found dead aboard an inflatable dinghy in the southern Mediterranean.
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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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Europe Can Accept Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants: Italy
Europe can take in hundreds of thousands of migrants provided there are common policies to ease the burden for border countries, Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said.
