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Media rights group scolds European Union as too soft on Hungary

Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 10:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

An international press freedom group chastises the European Union for being too lenient in its treatment of media abuses in member state Hungary and accuses it of economic bias in defending the rights...

Watch: Obama, Putin clash over differences on Syria's future

Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 06:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply disagreed Monday over the chaos in Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace the Syrian president but Putin...

Strong evidence that water flows on Mars found by NASA

Monday, 28 September 2015, 17:28 Last update: about 10 years ago

Scientists are reporting that Mars appears to have not only frozen water but flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summertime. They say their latest observations "strongly...

Doctors treat new wave of asylum seekers in Croatia

Monday, 28 September 2015, 15:59 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Doctors treated children including newborns for exposure as dropping temperatures Monday worsened the plight of asylum-seekers walking for days in hopes of reaching sanctuary in Europe. A new...

Greek coast guard rescues hundreds of migrants, refugees

Monday, 28 September 2015, 12:24 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 922 people over the past three days as they attempted to reach eastern Aegean islands clandestinely from the nearby Turkish coast. The coast guard said...

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