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Mediterranean crossings in 2015 already top 100,000

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UNHCR staffer helps refugees and migrants to register at the local police station on Kos Island in Greece.

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Syrian sisters repay a mother's selfless care and love in Damascus

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Displaced children play at a community centre near Damascus. The bond between mothers, like Amal, and their children is...

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At G7 Summit, Ban outlines draft UN action plan to prevent violent extremism

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek in Bonn, Germany.

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Martin O’Malley and the Institution of the Presidency

On Saturday, May 30, former two-term Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley made his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination official. Writing for Bloomberg News, Mark Halperin noted that the speech could very well serve as...

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