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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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One Dead As 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Greek Islands
A woman died and 10 people were hurt on Monday when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios and the Aegean coast of western Turkey, officials said.
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Earthquake Of 6.3 Magnitude Shakes Buildings In Greece, Turkey
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to Greece's capital of Athens.
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1 Dead, 6 Missing After Migrant Boat Overturns Off Greece
A search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos today, after a boat carrying migrants overturned, leaving a child dead and six people missing.
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Without Help, Families Face Lonely Search For Europe's Missing Refugee Children
After losing its way in the dark waters of the Aegean between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos, the small wooden boat carrying Ghulam Haidar, his young family and nearly 50 other passengers was hit by strong winds and waves.
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Turkish Authorities Find Bodies Of 27 Migrants, Search For Survivors
Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 27 migrants, at least three of them children, at two separate locations on the Aegean coast today after a migrant boat apparently capsized as it tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Bodies Of 8 Migrants, Including Children, Wash Up On Turkish Coast: Report
The bodies of at least eight migrants, most of them children, washed up on Turkey's Aegean coast today after their boat apparently capsized as they tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.
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Turkey Rescues 57 Migrants 'Stranded On Islet'
Turkish coastguards rescued 57 migrants seeking to reach EU member Greece by sea after they were stranded on a rocky islet in the Aegean Sea, official media said today.
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A 21st-Century Ellis Island Emerges In Greece
With its aqua-blue waters, olive-tree-studded hills and well-preserved ancient ruins, this jewel in the Aegean Sea can hardly be compared to an island built of landfill in the mouth of New York Harbor.
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At Least 14 Migrants Die as Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Reports
At least 14 people, including seven children, drowned today when a migrant boat sank off Turkey's Aegean coast while trying to reach Greece, local media reported, the latest fatalities in Europe's refugee crisis.
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Greek Refugee Island Running Out of Space to Bury the Dead
Since the start of the summer, the Greek island of Lesbos has assumed notoriety as the main gateway into Europe for thousands of desperate refugees.
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Rescue Volunteers Cry for Help on Greek Island's Tragic Shores
On a rocky beach on the Greek island of Lesbos where the bodies of drowned migrants wash up almost daily, exhausted rescue volunteers hold their heads in despair.
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Punch-Up at German Asylum Centre Leaves 6 Injured
Some 50 people at a German shelter for asylum seekers engaged in a violent brawl overnight, hurling chairs and beating each other with table legs, leaving six people injured, police said today.
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22,500 Migrants Registered on Greece's Lesbos This Week: Police
Some 22,500 refugees and migrants arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos have been registered by officials since Monday evening, police told AFP late Thursday.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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One Dead As 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Greek Islands
A woman died and 10 people were hurt on Monday when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios and the Aegean coast of western Turkey, officials said.
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Earthquake Of 6.3 Magnitude Shakes Buildings In Greece, Turkey
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to Greece's capital of Athens.
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1 Dead, 6 Missing After Migrant Boat Overturns Off Greece
A search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos today, after a boat carrying migrants overturned, leaving a child dead and six people missing.
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Without Help, Families Face Lonely Search For Europe's Missing Refugee Children
After losing its way in the dark waters of the Aegean between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos, the small wooden boat carrying Ghulam Haidar, his young family and nearly 50 other passengers was hit by strong winds and waves.
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Turkish Authorities Find Bodies Of 27 Migrants, Search For Survivors
Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 27 migrants, at least three of them children, at two separate locations on the Aegean coast today after a migrant boat apparently capsized as it tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Bodies Of 8 Migrants, Including Children, Wash Up On Turkish Coast: Report
The bodies of at least eight migrants, most of them children, washed up on Turkey's Aegean coast today after their boat apparently capsized as they tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.
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Turkey Rescues 57 Migrants 'Stranded On Islet'
Turkish coastguards rescued 57 migrants seeking to reach EU member Greece by sea after they were stranded on a rocky islet in the Aegean Sea, official media said today.
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A 21st-Century Ellis Island Emerges In Greece
With its aqua-blue waters, olive-tree-studded hills and well-preserved ancient ruins, this jewel in the Aegean Sea can hardly be compared to an island built of landfill in the mouth of New York Harbor.
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At Least 14 Migrants Die as Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Reports
At least 14 people, including seven children, drowned today when a migrant boat sank off Turkey's Aegean coast while trying to reach Greece, local media reported, the latest fatalities in Europe's refugee crisis.
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Greek Refugee Island Running Out of Space to Bury the Dead
Since the start of the summer, the Greek island of Lesbos has assumed notoriety as the main gateway into Europe for thousands of desperate refugees.
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Rescue Volunteers Cry for Help on Greek Island's Tragic Shores
On a rocky beach on the Greek island of Lesbos where the bodies of drowned migrants wash up almost daily, exhausted rescue volunteers hold their heads in despair.
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Punch-Up at German Asylum Centre Leaves 6 Injured
Some 50 people at a German shelter for asylum seekers engaged in a violent brawl overnight, hurling chairs and beating each other with table legs, leaving six people injured, police said today.
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22,500 Migrants Registered on Greece's Lesbos This Week: Police
Some 22,500 refugees and migrants arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos have been registered by officials since Monday evening, police told AFP late Thursday.
