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Mohammed Ali Malek is seen at Catania's tribunal, on Friday. Italian prosecutors blamed the captain of a grossly overloaded fishing boat for a collision that capsized and sank his vessel off Libya, drowning hundreds of migrants.

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Alleged Skipper Of Migrant Boat Appears In Italian Court

1:21pm April 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The 27-year-old man faces homicide and human trafficking charges. He says he was only a passenger, but survivors from the disaster that killed at least 700 are likely to testify that he was captain.

Catholicos Karekin II (R, front), the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin walk to attend a commemoration ceremony marking the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in Yerevan, Armenia.

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Armenians Mark A Century Since World War I Massacre

12:51pm April 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Francois Hollande of France were among those who attended a ceremony in the Armenian capital. German lawmakers vote to call the event "genocide."

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Europe Grapples With How To Deal With Influx Of Migrants

12:27pm April 24, 2015

Thousands cross the Mediterranean hoping to escape civil instability or economic hardship. Renee Montagne talks to Joel Millman of the International Organization for Migration about Europe's response.

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Aid Workers Hear Migrants' Accounts Of Shipwrecks

12:27pm April 24, 2015

The charity Save the Children has been hearing from migrants who have survived the dangerous journey to Europe from across the Mediterranean. Text messages come in every day about boats in distress.

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European Leaders Vow To Do More To Help Arriving Migrants

12:27pm April 24, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

At a summit in Brussels, they pledged more money and military resources to saving lives of migrants who try to cross the Mediterranean. They also introduced a plan to target traffickers' boats.

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Lost Siblings Find Each Other On Dating App

12:27pm April 24, 2015

The reunited siblings met online and discovered they had a lot in common: both had parents who split in a divorce and both had a sibling they hadn't seen in years because of that divorce.

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Clinton Foundation Linked To Russian Effort To Buy Uranium Company

10:46am April 24, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Jo Becker of The New York Times about Russia's foray into the U.S. uranium market and how the Clinton Foundation may have facilitated and benefited from it.

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In this photo made available Thursday, April 23, 2015, migrants crowd and inflatable dinghy as the Italian Coast Guard approaches them, off the Libyan coast, on Wednesday.

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EU Leaders Pledge More Ships To Patrol Mediterranean For Migrants

10:04am April 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Days after 900 were feared drowned in a single accident, the European Union is struggling to forge a new policy to combat the flow of people setting off mostly from Libya in overcrowded boats.

Armenians were massacred by forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. In this instance, the heads of the victims were placed on stakes.

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A Century After Atrocities Against Armenians, An Unresolved Wound

8:38am April 24, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed or deported in the violence unleashed by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915. Turkey and Armenia still disagree on how to define these terrible events.

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European Leaders Hold Summit To Address Migrant Crisis

7:13pm April 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

European leaders are gathering in Brussels to address the crisis. A tentative plan calls for more money for border security in the Mediterranean and possible military action against traffickers.

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