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After one million migrants, Europe's borders are back

Monday, 4 January 2016, 06:51 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Since it opened in 2000, the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been a towering symbol of European integration and hassle-free travel across borders that people didn't even notice were...

200 migrants rescued off Greece so far in 2016; 1 dead

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 20:04 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Greece's coast guard says 217 migrants have been rescued by authorities since the start of the new year in four separate incidents. Migrants, the majority of them refugees from Syria's civil war,...

The perfect match: Girlfriend to give boyfriend a kidney

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 11:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

A New Hampshire man found his perfect match in more ways than one when he first met his girlfriend on a golf course last summer. Forty-nine-year-old Jack Simard of Manchester is slated for his...

Israel indicts Jewish extremists in deadly arson attack

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 11:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Israel today indicted four Jewish extremists suspected in a July arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed a toddler and his parents - a case that has been unsolved for months and helped...

'Game of Thrones' author blogs that he missed book deadline

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 07:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

For fans of George R.R. Martin, winter is not coming — at least not right away. The "Game of Thrones" author says he missed a Dec. 31 deadline to finish "The Winds of Winter," the sixth...

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