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Austrian Town Historically Welcoming To Refugees Overwhelmed By Crisis

6:35pm September 09, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

A small provincial town in Austria is home to the country's largest refugee center. But even though they have been helping refugees for many decades, residents have never known a crisis like the current one.

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Syrian migrants at a train station in Keleti, Hungary, wait for a train bound for Munich, Germany, on Wednesday. As more migrants reach Germany, it is encouraging more in the Middle East to make the journey, according to some aid workers.

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Surge Of Refugees In Europe Could Be Just The First Wave

6:34pm September 09, 2015

by Deborah Amos

Millions of Syrian refugees have been waiting out the war in neighboring states. As the fighting grinds on, and Europe starts to open the doors, additional waves of refugees may head north.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wave to the crowd after her coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2, 1953.

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A Milestone For A Beloved Monarch

6:25pm September 09, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Queen Elizabeth II today becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning royal, overtaking Victoria, who ruled for 63 years, seven months and two days. She's marking the occasion by opening a railway line.

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A newborn in Sierra Leone is treated after delivery by Caesarean section. The country's child mortality rate has dropped from 264 per 1,000 in 1990 to an estimated 120 this year.

How Many Children Under 5 Die A Year In The U.S. Vs. Angola?

2:47pm September 09, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

A new report emphasizes significant progress in cutting the number of deaths of children before age 5. But in some parts of the world, the rate is still depressingly high.

Migrants Attempt To Leave Temporary Camps On Hungary-Serbia Border

2:17pm September 09, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Migrants crossing Hungary's border with Serbia are being held in temporary camps with few facilities, and some have tried to break out and make their own way north to Germany.

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A videographer for a Hungarian TV network trips a migrant holding a young boy who was running away from police. The camerawoman was fired.

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Camerawoman Fired For Tripping Migrant Who Fled Police

12:12pm September 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A video shows a journalist sticking her leg out as a man carrying a young boy attempts to run past police in Hungary. The TV network's editor in chief says his colleague "behaved unacceptably."

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Mayor In England Encourages Bristol Residents To Take In Refugees

7:44am September 09, 2015

Renee Montagne talks to Mayor George Ferguson of Bristol, England, who has offered to share his home with Syrian refugees. He did the same thing years ago for refugees from Uganda.

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A man is confronted by a Hungarian police officer with a dog as he holds his daughter in an area where migrants ran over a motorway from a collection point set up to transport people to camps in Morahalom, Hungary, Wednesday.

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New Bottleneck Of Migrants Forms In Hungary's Detention Centers

7:35am September 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The president of the European Union is calling on countries to welcome their share of what the U.N. predicts will be at least 850,000 migrants over the next two years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center left) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center right) arrive for the opening of the Army-2015 international military show outside Moscow in June.

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In Russia, A 'Show Of Force' As The Military Tries To Modernize

8:28pm September 08, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russia has launched a huge project to re-equip its armed forces with modern weapons. But the obstacles, including delays caused by sanctions and a cash crunch due to a drop in oil prices, are massive.

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'Largest Majority' Of Migrants Recently Coming To Europe Are Refugees

8:28pm September 08, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Demetrios Papademetriou, president of Migration Policy Institute Europe, for a breakdown of where the migrants are coming from and if they qualify as refugees.

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