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EU Split One Year after Merkel Migrant Offer

One year since Germany controversially opened its arms to Syrians fleeing war, the EU has tightened the borders of “Fortress Europe” but remains deeply divided over how to share the refugee burden. Angela Merkel justified her decision at the time by saying that the biggest […]

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Fayyad Blames Mustaqbal for Election Law Impasse

Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Ali Fayyad blamed al-Mustaqbal Movement for impeding an agreement on a new electoral law, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday. The Hizbullah MP said: “Neither the AMAL movement nor the Free Patriotic Movement or Hizbullah are responsible […]

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Mass Protests in Brazil against Temer ‘Coup’

Tens of thousands took to Brazilian streets Sunday to support sacked leader Dilma Rousseff and protest the new government of Michel Temer, who has taken power and downplayed the protests. Demonstration organizers — who have rejected Temer’s ascendancy as a “coup” — said some 100,000 […]