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2 Children Injured In France Stabbing "Still Critical"
Two children were fighting for their lives a day after being stabbed by a man in a park in the French Alps, the government said Friday.
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Turkey Won't Allow New Syrian Refugees After Quake: Minister
Turkey will not allow a new influx of refugees from Syria after last week's devastating earthquake, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
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12-Foot-Tall Puppet Named "Little Amal" Reaches New York To Raise Awareness About Syrian Refugees
Amal, which means hope in Arabic, has already travelled around 5,000 miles across Europe.
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Iraq Sees Surge In Syrian Refugees Amid Anti-Kurds Turkish Offensive: UN
The number of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days after the anti-Kurds Turkish offensive in the area, the UN said in a statement.
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Stranded In Airport For 7 Months, Syrian Man Is Granted Asylum In Canada
For seven months, Hassan al-Kontar was trapped in air-conditioned purgatory. Stranded in Terminal 2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, he slept under stairwells and lived off leftover chicken-and-rice dinners from AirAsia flights. He documented his daily life in video diaries that he posted on Twitter, inspiring comparisons to Tom Hanks' charac...
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After Photo Of Her Drowned Nephew Went Viral, Syrian Woman Tells Story
Alan Kurdi's corpse, photographed by a Turkish journalist in the morning's early light on September 2, 2015, looked at first like a sleeping toddler, the 3-year-old's cheek pressed against the sand in breaking water. It was an image that ripped through a crowded news cycle, articulating without words the horror of what was unfolding on the beaches ...
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A Syrian Girl Used Tin Cans For Legs. Now She Is Taking Her First Steps
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and tin cans. Now, she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs.
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China Donates $1 Million Towards Food Aid For War-Stricken Syrians
China has donated $1 million in aid to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria to purchase food for the war-stricken Syrians, the Chinese Embassy in Syria has said.
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Syrian Refugee Boy Gazing At Gym In Viral Pic Gifted Lifetime Membership
The Internet can be an unpleasant place filled with nameless, faceless trolls. However, every once in a while it gives you a story that can bring a huge smile on your face. Case in point, this heartwarming story of a Syrian refugee boy in Turkey who has been gifted with a lifetime membership at a gym after a picture of him gazing longingly inside i...
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As Syrian Couples Say "I Do," Lebanon Says "No, Not Quite"
In a tent in Lebanon surrounded by snow, Syrian refugees Ammar and Khadija were married by a tribal leader from their homeland in a wedding they would soon come to regret.
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Refugees Take Northern French Town To Cricket Glory
Thanks to its new arrivals, Saint-Omer has become a rare centre of cricketing excellence in France where football and rugby dominate. The town broke new ground in September when a group of Afghan and Pakistani refugees wearing the colours of the Saint-Omer Cricket Club Stars (Soccs) brought home the regional Hauts-de-France cricket title
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Pope Francis Wears Refugee ID Bracelet In Appeal For Help For Migrants
Pope Francis on Sunday urged governments and people to do more to help migrants and not see them as enemies, wearing a plastic ID bracelet used by asylum seekers to drive home his message
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Justin Trudeau Meets Namesake, His Parents Are Syrian Refugees In Canada
When a Syrian couple, refugees in Canada, named their newborn son after the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in May, they only hoped their child would be able to meet his famous namesake one day. On Saturday, that wish came true. Baby Justin Trudeau (yes, that's his his first name) met the Canadian Prime Minister.
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Pregnant Syrian Refugee Raped And Murdered In Turkey
A Syrian refugee in Turkey was raped and bludgeoned to death by rock-wielding attackers just days before she was due to give birth, and her 10 month old baby strangled, in a brutal double murder that has sparked outrage.
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Nearly Half A Million Syrians Have Returned Home This Year: Reports
Nearly half a million Syrians have returned to their homes so far this year, including 440,000 internally displaced people and more than 31,000 returning from neighbouring countries, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday..
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2 Children Injured In France Stabbing "Still Critical"
Two children were fighting for their lives a day after being stabbed by a man in a park in the French Alps, the government said Friday.
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Turkey Won't Allow New Syrian Refugees After Quake: Minister
Turkey will not allow a new influx of refugees from Syria after last week's devastating earthquake, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
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12-Foot-Tall Puppet Named "Little Amal" Reaches New York To Raise Awareness About Syrian Refugees
Amal, which means hope in Arabic, has already travelled around 5,000 miles across Europe.
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Iraq Sees Surge In Syrian Refugees Amid Anti-Kurds Turkish Offensive: UN
The number of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days after the anti-Kurds Turkish offensive in the area, the UN said in a statement.
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Stranded In Airport For 7 Months, Syrian Man Is Granted Asylum In Canada
For seven months, Hassan al-Kontar was trapped in air-conditioned purgatory. Stranded in Terminal 2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, he slept under stairwells and lived off leftover chicken-and-rice dinners from AirAsia flights. He documented his daily life in video diaries that he posted on Twitter, inspiring comparisons to Tom Hanks' charac...
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After Photo Of Her Drowned Nephew Went Viral, Syrian Woman Tells Story
Alan Kurdi's corpse, photographed by a Turkish journalist in the morning's early light on September 2, 2015, looked at first like a sleeping toddler, the 3-year-old's cheek pressed against the sand in breaking water. It was an image that ripped through a crowded news cycle, articulating without words the horror of what was unfolding on the beaches ...
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A Syrian Girl Used Tin Cans For Legs. Now She Is Taking Her First Steps
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and tin cans. Now, she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs.
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China Donates $1 Million Towards Food Aid For War-Stricken Syrians
China has donated $1 million in aid to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria to purchase food for the war-stricken Syrians, the Chinese Embassy in Syria has said.
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Syrian Refugee Boy Gazing At Gym In Viral Pic Gifted Lifetime Membership
The Internet can be an unpleasant place filled with nameless, faceless trolls. However, every once in a while it gives you a story that can bring a huge smile on your face. Case in point, this heartwarming story of a Syrian refugee boy in Turkey who has been gifted with a lifetime membership at a gym after a picture of him gazing longingly inside i...
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As Syrian Couples Say "I Do," Lebanon Says "No, Not Quite"
In a tent in Lebanon surrounded by snow, Syrian refugees Ammar and Khadija were married by a tribal leader from their homeland in a wedding they would soon come to regret.
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Refugees Take Northern French Town To Cricket Glory
Thanks to its new arrivals, Saint-Omer has become a rare centre of cricketing excellence in France where football and rugby dominate. The town broke new ground in September when a group of Afghan and Pakistani refugees wearing the colours of the Saint-Omer Cricket Club Stars (Soccs) brought home the regional Hauts-de-France cricket title
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Pope Francis Wears Refugee ID Bracelet In Appeal For Help For Migrants
Pope Francis on Sunday urged governments and people to do more to help migrants and not see them as enemies, wearing a plastic ID bracelet used by asylum seekers to drive home his message
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Justin Trudeau Meets Namesake, His Parents Are Syrian Refugees In Canada
When a Syrian couple, refugees in Canada, named their newborn son after the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in May, they only hoped their child would be able to meet his famous namesake one day. On Saturday, that wish came true. Baby Justin Trudeau (yes, that's his his first name) met the Canadian Prime Minister.
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Pregnant Syrian Refugee Raped And Murdered In Turkey
A Syrian refugee in Turkey was raped and bludgeoned to death by rock-wielding attackers just days before she was due to give birth, and her 10 month old baby strangled, in a brutal double murder that has sparked outrage.
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Nearly Half A Million Syrians Have Returned Home This Year: Reports
Nearly half a million Syrians have returned to their homes so far this year, including 440,000 internally displaced people and more than 31,000 returning from neighbouring countries, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday..
