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Thousands Flee Santorini As Dozens Of Earthquakes Rattle Greece's "Instagram Island"
Thousands of residents have fled the island of Santorini after a swarm of earthquakes shook the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning.
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Greece Issues Increased Seismic Activity Warning In Santorini
Greek authorities have advised people on the Aegean island of Santorini to shut schools on Monday, avoid two small ports and refrain from gathering in indoor spaces after increased seismic activity in the area over recent days.
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Greece Asked To Launch Probe After Video Shows Migrants Abandoned At Sea
In the video, refugees are shown being driven in a white van to a remote spot on the Aegean island before being forced into a high-speed inflatable boat.
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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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50 Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece: Report
Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.
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Greek Rescuers Save More Than 100 Migrants In The Aegean
More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said.
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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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59 Rescued From Migrant Dinghy Off Greek Island
Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea.
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Sailboat With 67 Migrants Found By Greece's Cyclades Islands
Greek authorities say the country's coast guard has picked up 67 migrants found hiding in a sailboat sailing across the Aegean Sea.
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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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18 Migrants Drown As Boat Sinks In The Aegean Sea: Reports
Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Turkish media reported earlier today.
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Thousands Flee Santorini As Dozens Of Earthquakes Rattle Greece's "Instagram Island"
Thousands of residents have fled the island of Santorini after a swarm of earthquakes shook the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning.
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Greece Issues Increased Seismic Activity Warning In Santorini
Greek authorities have advised people on the Aegean island of Santorini to shut schools on Monday, avoid two small ports and refrain from gathering in indoor spaces after increased seismic activity in the area over recent days.
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Greece Asked To Launch Probe After Video Shows Migrants Abandoned At Sea
In the video, refugees are shown being driven in a white van to a remote spot on the Aegean island before being forced into a high-speed inflatable boat.
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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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50 Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece: Report
Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.
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Greek Rescuers Save More Than 100 Migrants In The Aegean
More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said.
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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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59 Rescued From Migrant Dinghy Off Greek Island
Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea.
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Sailboat With 67 Migrants Found By Greece's Cyclades Islands
Greek authorities say the country's coast guard has picked up 67 migrants found hiding in a sailboat sailing across the Aegean Sea.
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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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18 Migrants Drown As Boat Sinks In The Aegean Sea: Reports
Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Turkish media reported earlier today.
