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Matthew Price looks at one of the Greek hotspots for migrants entering Europe.
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VIDEO: Football legend Pele at 75 September 23, 2015
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VIDEO: Pope Francis lands to cheers in US September 22, 2015
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VIDEO: Lesbos struggles as 4,000 arrive daily September 22, 2015
The Greek island of Lesbos is still struggling to keep up with the steady flow of migrants and refugees.
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VIDEO: How much does making a drug cost? September 22, 2015
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VIDEO: Refugee crisis: Food and phone charging September 22, 2015
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VIDEO: On the ground at refugee hotspots September 22, 2015
EU ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 refugees and migrants across the EU using compulsory quotas.
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VIDEO: A guide to strange initiation ceremonies September 22, 2015
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2 U.S SOLDIERS KILLED IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
2 U.S SOLDIERS KILLED IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
Aboout a week after 5 U.S troops were killed in Iraq (see – Baghdad 06.06.11) the U.S. military said, on Tuesday 06/14/2011, two more American soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq. Shiite Muslim militias, backed by Iran, have stepped up attacks on U.S. forces with the approach of the year-end withdrawal of all American troops.
Tuesday’s statement didn’t give details on the operations, saying only the two were killed Monday. They were not identified pending notification of next of kin.
Violence has dropped dramatically in recent years in Iraq. Under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, which set a timetable to withdraw American forces, U.S. troops must be out of Iraq by 01/01/2012 (see – IRAQ-US DEAL).
However, U.S. troops have increasingly been targeted by roadside bombings and mortar attacks, largely in Baghdad and southern Iraq — a Shiite stronghold.
The new deaths bring to 4,462 the number of American service members who have died in Iraq since the war began in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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