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Turkish Court Jails 2 Syrians Over Drowning Of Toddler Aylan Kurdi: Media
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Aylan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency said.
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2 Alleged Human Smugglers On Trial Over Aylan Kurdi's Death
Two alleged people-smugglers went on trial in Turkey today accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Syrian migrant boy Aylan Kurdi - who put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis - and four other people.
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Drowned Toddler Becomes First 2016 Migrant Casualty In The Aegean
A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said.
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Turkish President Faces Tough European Union Talks on Refugees, Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders Monday but they will find it hard to bridge gaps on the migrant crisis and the Syrian war that has produced so many of the refugees they must both deal with, analysts say.
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On 'Aylan Beach', It's Business as Usual
Kemer is not just any beach on the Turkish coast launching refugee boats to Europe - it was there that Aylan Kurdi's body washed up a month ago, after a boat carrying his family and other Syrian refugees capsized in the Aegean Sea between Bodrum and Greece.
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Turkey's Refugee Policy Under Spotlight as Migrants Decamp to Europe
On seeing the images that shocked the world of the body of a three-year-old Syrian refugee, Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached for the phone and called the child's grief-stricken father.
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5-Year-Old Syrian Girl Dies Off Greece in Latest Migrant Boat Tragedy
A girl believed to be five years died today and 13 other migrants were feared lost overboard after their boat sank in choppy seas off the Greek island of Lesbos, the Greek coastguard said.
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Charlie Hebdo's New Controversy With Cartoon of 3-Year-Old Aylan Kurdi
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is courting controversy again by running cartoons deriding the response of predominantly Christian European countries to a flood of migrants from mainly Muslim war zones such as Syria and Iraq.
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Boat Capsizes in Aegean Sea, 22 Migrants Dead
22 migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos today, local media said.
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For Arab Governments, Reprimand From Aylan Kurdi's Father
Despite withering criticism over their reluctance to host Syria's refugees, the rich Arab Gulf states are unlikely to end their practice of keeping out those who flee the world's trouble spots.
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Islamic State Uses Images of Drowned Toddler to Warn Refugees
The jihadist Islamic State group has used the shocking image of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi to warn refugees against trying to flee to the West, calling it a "major sin".
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Opinion: A Picture Changed The World In IST (Internet Standard Time)
Images of tragedy and violence should offend only our sense of natural justice.
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Opinion: Newsroom: The Decision to Use a Dead 3-Year-Old's Photo On Air
The picture flashed on our computers in the newsroom at around 5 pm on Wednesday evening. The reactions even amongst our hardened, most cynical news journalists and editors were instantaneous and heartfelt. How in a civilized world could this happen?
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Toddler's Drowning Sparks Surge of Donations Across Europe
Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations Friday across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
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Photographer of Drowned Syrian Toddler Was 'Petrified'
The photographer who shot the heart-wrenching picture showing a Syrian toddler's lifeless body washed ashore Turkey's Aegean coast said she was "petrified", the media reported.
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Turkish Court Jails 2 Syrians Over Drowning Of Toddler Aylan Kurdi: Media
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Aylan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency said.
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2 Alleged Human Smugglers On Trial Over Aylan Kurdi's Death
Two alleged people-smugglers went on trial in Turkey today accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Syrian migrant boy Aylan Kurdi - who put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis - and four other people.
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Drowned Toddler Becomes First 2016 Migrant Casualty In The Aegean
A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said.
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Turkish President Faces Tough European Union Talks on Refugees, Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders Monday but they will find it hard to bridge gaps on the migrant crisis and the Syrian war that has produced so many of the refugees they must both deal with, analysts say.
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On 'Aylan Beach', It's Business as Usual
Kemer is not just any beach on the Turkish coast launching refugee boats to Europe - it was there that Aylan Kurdi's body washed up a month ago, after a boat carrying his family and other Syrian refugees capsized in the Aegean Sea between Bodrum and Greece.
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Turkey's Refugee Policy Under Spotlight as Migrants Decamp to Europe
On seeing the images that shocked the world of the body of a three-year-old Syrian refugee, Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached for the phone and called the child's grief-stricken father.
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5-Year-Old Syrian Girl Dies Off Greece in Latest Migrant Boat Tragedy
A girl believed to be five years died today and 13 other migrants were feared lost overboard after their boat sank in choppy seas off the Greek island of Lesbos, the Greek coastguard said.
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Charlie Hebdo's New Controversy With Cartoon of 3-Year-Old Aylan Kurdi
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is courting controversy again by running cartoons deriding the response of predominantly Christian European countries to a flood of migrants from mainly Muslim war zones such as Syria and Iraq.
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Boat Capsizes in Aegean Sea, 22 Migrants Dead
22 migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos today, local media said.
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For Arab Governments, Reprimand From Aylan Kurdi's Father
Despite withering criticism over their reluctance to host Syria's refugees, the rich Arab Gulf states are unlikely to end their practice of keeping out those who flee the world's trouble spots.
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Islamic State Uses Images of Drowned Toddler to Warn Refugees
The jihadist Islamic State group has used the shocking image of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi to warn refugees against trying to flee to the West, calling it a "major sin".
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Opinion: A Picture Changed The World In IST (Internet Standard Time)
Images of tragedy and violence should offend only our sense of natural justice.
-
Opinion: Newsroom: The Decision to Use a Dead 3-Year-Old's Photo On Air
The picture flashed on our computers in the newsroom at around 5 pm on Wednesday evening. The reactions even amongst our hardened, most cynical news journalists and editors were instantaneous and heartfelt. How in a civilized world could this happen?
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Toddler's Drowning Sparks Surge of Donations Across Europe
Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations Friday across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
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Photographer of Drowned Syrian Toddler Was 'Petrified'
The photographer who shot the heart-wrenching picture showing a Syrian toddler's lifeless body washed ashore Turkey's Aegean coast said she was "petrified", the media reported.
