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MEPs want a binding and permanent scheme to distribute asylum seekers in the EU

A binding emergency mechanism to relocate an initial total of 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other EU member states was backed by civil liberties MEPs on Thursday. An upcoming permanent scheme, on which Parliament will decide jointly...

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ADDIS: UN officials hail outcome of conference on development financing as first milestone of 2015

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Through a national school feeding program in Oudomxay province, Lao PDR, students get at least...

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Burundi: UN experts urge Security Council action amid mounting violence

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Refugees from Burundi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Brazil: Homicides of children and teenagers double in 20 years – UNICEF report

The number of children and teenagers murdered in Brazil has more than doubled in 20 years, according to a new UNICEF report marking 25 years since the introduction of the Child and Adolescent Statute.

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