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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, and President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder, right, arrive at the opening dinner of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, May 05, 2013.

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Hungary Allows Migrants Into Train Station, Blocks Travel West

VOA News Migrants hoping to travel westward have flooded into the main train station in Budapest after it was reopened by police, but Hungarian officials say there will be no trains heading to western Europe. Police left the Keleti train station on Thursday, after a two-day standoff with hundreds of migrants hoping to board trains to Germany, where they plan to apply for

Abdullah Kurdi, 40, father of Syrian boys Aylan, 3, and Galip, 5, who were washed up drowned on a beach near Turkish resort of Bodrum on Wednesday, cries as he waits for the delivery of their bodies outside a morgue in Mugla, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015.

‘My children slipped through my hands’: Father of drowned Syrian toddler shares harrowing story

The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy, whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach in an image that shocked the world, said on Thursday his children “slipped through my hands” as their boat was taking in water on its way to Greece. Abdullah, whose surname is given by Turkish media as Kurdi but sources in Syria say is actually called Shenu, lost his three-year-old son Aylan,

A woman carrying a child stands outside a train with migrants that was stopped in Bicske, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015.

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Migrant crisis: Hungary train standoff enters second day

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many on board the train stayed there overnight after resisting being removed by Hungarian police A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls on a questioner during a news conference at Trump Tower, in New York, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015.

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Donald Trump: I will know the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah 'when it's appropriate'

Republican presidential candidate tells radio host it ‘won’t take me long’ to get up to speed on Middle East, but gets in a muddle over Kurds and Quds

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Plastic bag use down 71% since 5p charge was introduced

Image copyright Getty Images The number of single-use carrier bags handed out by shops in Wales has fallen by 71% since charges were introduced in 2011, according to a report. The review,

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Baroness Catherine Ashton of the European Union, and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif of Iran, joined by their respective advisers, sit at a table in Vienna, Austria, on November 21, 2014, before beginning the second of their most recent three-way discussions about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Misinformation Effect Might Derail Nuclear Treaty with Iran

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In a classic set of experiments, psychologist Elizabeth Loftus showed how people could be coached into believing misleading information about an event. For example, participants viewed an automobile accident. They were then given misleading information. When asked later, those who received the false information not only repeated

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures, as he makes a speech, during a General Election campaign visit to Croydon, in Surrey, England, Saturday April 25, 2015. Britain goes to the polls in a general election on May 7.

David Cameron announces Britain will accept 'thousands more' Syrian refugees

David Cameron has announced that Britain will take in "thousands more" Syrian refugees after an

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Prosecutor: Church shooting suspect to face death penalty

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state prosecutor in charge of trying Dylann Roof in what authorities have said was the racially motivated killing of nine black people inside of a Charleston church spoke to the families of victims about how Roof should be punished, but said the ultimate decision rested in her hands. Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Thursday Roof's deliberate massacre

Day 5 - Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Pauline Parmentier (FRA) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - August 31, 2012

NYPD: Teacher arrested for allegedly flying drone at US Open

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City teacher was arrested early Friday for allegedly crashing a drone into an empty section of seats at the U.S Open, police said. Daniel Verley, 26, faces charges of reckless endangerment and operating a drone in a New York City public park outside of prescribed area. A police department spokesman said Verley was a teacher at the Academy of

An screenshot of an iPhone's virtual keyboard on iOS 7.

Police: Burglary suspect reveals plans with 911 'butt dial'

BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey man has been indicted on burglary charges after police say he inadvertently dialed 911 and let authorities

Fashion's Night Out 2011 event at the 5th Avenue New York City.

US employers added 173K jobs in Aug.; rate falls to 5.1 pct.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low in August as employers added a modest 173,000 jobs, a key piece of evidence for the Federal Reserve in deciding whether to raise interest rates from record lows later this month. The Labor Department said Friday that the jobless rate fell to 5.1 percent - a level consistent with a normal job market and the

Artist rendering of Stardust-NExT on approach to comet Tempel 1. Stardust is a 300-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on February 7, 1999 to study the asteroid 5535 Anne frank and collect samples from the coma of comet Wild 2.

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NASA looking at 'hitchhiking' across solar system on speeding comets

A spacecraft concept under development could shoot diamond harpoons at space rocks to slingshot itself around our corner of the galaxy. Sci-Tech September 2, 20154:17 PM PDT by Eric Mack @ericcmack facebook twitter linkedin googleplus email comments more reddit pinterest tumblr Enlarge Image Traveling around space can be hard and require a lot of fuel, which is part of the

A sign rests on a sandstone carving on the Great Western Staircase before a rally against solitary confinement Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Albany, N.Y.

Released from solitary: Landmark case must bring about prison reform in the US

We knew that America’s justice system, and in particular its prisons, was one of the least attractive aspects of the world’s richest civilisation. With the largest penal population on the planet, often serving in dangerous and neglected conditions, America’s network of federal and state penitentiaries

This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria.

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How IS profits from destruction of antiquities

SO why is the self-styled Islamic State (IS) blowing to pieces the greatest artefacts of ancient history in Syria and Iraq? Joanne Farchakh, an archaeologist, has a unique answer to a unique crime. First, the IS sells the statues, stone faces and frescoes that international dealers demand. It takes the money, hands over the relics – and blows up the temples and buildings they

A Palestinian students listen to the explosives expert loyal to the ruling Hamas movement a mortar shell as he explains to schoolgirls the danger of unexploded ordnance on April 7, 2014 at a school in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo by Ahmed Deeb /WN

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Wars stops 13m children going to school in Middle East and north Africa, UN says

UNICEF report finds teachers too terrified to go to work, and schools are often attacked or used as shelter for refugees or bases for fighters

Lots of trees to hug: Study counts 3 trillion trees on Earth

WASHINGTON: More than 3 trillion trees now grow on Earth, seven times more than scientists previously thought. But it's also trillions fewer than there used to be, a new study concludes. A United Nations-affiliated youth group had a goal of planting one billion trees and Yale forestry researcher Thomas Crowther was asked if planting that many trees would do anything to help

File - In front of blighted buildings, a protester leads marchers in a chant from atop a vehicle in Baltimore on Saturday, May 2, 2015, a day after charges were announced against the police officers involved in Freddie Gray's death.

Judge refuses to drop charges against police in Gray death

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges against six police officers in connection with the death of a black man from injuries he suffered while in custody. The judge also refused to remove the prosecutor in the case. The death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray — who succumbed to injuries sustained after his arrest on April 12 — sparked protests,

File - US director, producer and screenwriter Steven Spielberg at the Cannes Film Festival, France, May 2013.

The death of superhero movies is coming, promises Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg is maintaining that comic book superhero movies will run their course, likening them to the fad for Westerns. Asked if he stood by his previous comments that too many blockbusters were being made, he told AP: “I still feel that way. We were around when the Western died and

Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina speaks to Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, unseen, during a meeting at the Moncloa Palace, in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.

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Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina resigns

Image copyright AP Image caption Otto Perez Molina had been in power since January 2012 Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned hours after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. Prosecutors accuse Mr Perez Molina of masterminding a scheme to defraud the customs service of millions of dollars. He denies the

A paramilitary police officer carries the lifeless body of an unidentified migrant child, lifting it from the sea shore, near the Turkish resort of Bodrum, Turkey, early Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015.

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Drowned toddler sparks fresh horror over Europe migrant crisis

ISTANBUL: Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror on Wednesday as the cost of Europe's growing refugee crisis hit home. The images of a tiny child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey's main tourist resorts has once more put a human face on the dangers faced by tens of thousands of desperate people

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Warm welcome for thousands of exhausted migrants who crossed from Hungary to Austria overnight

Pakistan takes issue of ceasefire violations to UN Security Council

Serena Williams' comeback extends Grand Slam try at US Open, Nadal eliminated by Fognini

US and Saudis seek common ground

Pope Francis thanks US nuns after 'radical' claim