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Plenary highlights: Greece, TTIP, emissions trading reform

The Greece debt crisis took centre stage during July's plenary session, as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came to Strasbourg to discuss the search for solutions. MEPs also adopted their recommendations for Transatlantic Trade and Investment...

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Syrian refugee numbers pass four million as war rages on – UN

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Just over 300 Syrian refugees with passports lining up to board the night ferry from the...

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UN officials recall 'horror' of Srebrenica as Security Council fails to adopt measure condemning massacre

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, briefs the Security Council.

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More than four million Syrians have now fled war and persecution

More than four million Syrians have now fled war and persecution and become refugees in neighbouring countries, making the Syrian conflict the UN refugee agency's worst crisis for almost a quarter of a century.

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