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German Foreign Minister: "There are no obvious recipes for tackling terrorism"

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier during the meeting with the foreign affairs committee

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Asylum-seekers await application results at historic Berlin airport

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Asylum-seekers stay in temporary accommodation in one of three huge hangars at Berlin Tempelhof Airport.

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UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić in the processing centre at Presevo where refugees are registered.

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French President François Hollande invokes the unity of all cultures at UNESCO’s Leaders’ Forum

In his first address to the international community since the deadly terrorist attacks that struck Paris on 13 November, the President of France, François Hollande, declared his commitment to “freedom, human creativity and intercultural dialogue.”

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Nora HouguenadeH.E. Mr François Hollande, President of France, participates in the Organization's Leaders' Forum - UNESCO, 17 November 2015.

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Russia: Downing of Flight Caused by Bomb

Despicable Disregard for Human Life, 224 Dead

The death of 224 passengers on a downed Russian jet was an abhorrent act of mass killing. Russia’s Federal Security Service said on November 17, 2015, that the October 31 crash of a Russian jet over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, was the result of a bomb placed on board. The crash was the worst in the history of Russian civilian aviation.

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Refugees should not be turned into scapegoats following Paris attacks, says UN agency

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A volunteer on the Greek Island of Lesvos gathers a baby girl in her arms, moments after her family arrived in an inflatable boat.

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EP this week: Paris attacks, tax transparency, UK referendum, neighbourhood policy

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16-20 November 2015

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'Tolerance must be taught, nurtured and defended,' says Ban on International Day

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban meet with families of refugees at the Centre Tenda Di Abramo in Rome.

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'Status quo simply cannot continue in Syria' – UN humanitarian chief

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Tesreen Camp, Aleppo, Syria.

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Some 3,300 people a day still arriving on Lesvos

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Members of Samaritan's Purse, a UNHCR partner on the island of Lesvos, install a drainage pipe at a sanitation facility.