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Migrant group says 3,400 dead or missing so far this year

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 14:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year — over 80 percent of them trying to reach Europe by...

French police alerted to possible arrival of extremist fighters

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 13:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

French police and anti-terrorism investigators have been alerted to the possibility that small groups of extremists have left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks. Belgian...

Origin of 'Stairway to Heaven' questioned at copyright trial

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 06:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The opening to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," one of rock 'n' roll's best-known ballads, was played for jurors Tuesday in a case brought by the estate of a dead musician that claims it was...

Britain's pro-EU side nervous as odds slashed on 'leave'

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 06:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Nervous "remain" supporters stepped up campaigning in Britain's European Unionreferendum Tuesday after odds on a vote to leave the bloc dramatically narrowed following a string of polls showing a...

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