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                    [Title] => Migrant sea arrivals to Greece declining
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The latest on the mass movement of asylum seekers and others seeking refuge in Europe

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-24 14:46:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1360083 [Title] => Iraqis in besieged town appeal to army for help [Summary] =>

Members of a minority Iraqi Shiite community whose town has been besieged by Sunni militants appealed to Iraq's military and the international community to intervene to end the siege, a lawmaker said yesterday as the UN started a massive aid push to help Iraqis uprooted by the extremists.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-21 05:51:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 906977 [Title] => UN council welcomes Phl bill protecting rights of refugees [Summary] =>

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed yesterday a bill passed by Congress to protect the rights of more than one million refugees from calamity zones and conflict areas, making the Philippines the first Asia-Pacific country to have legislation safeguarding citizens against arbitrary displacement.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855597 [Title] => Syrian refugees in neighboring countries triple in three months [Summary] =>

The number of Syrians registered or awaiting registration as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq is up to 311,500, compared to around 100,000 in June, a spokesman with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-02 23:00:12 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 848148 [Title] => Jolie hears 'horrific' accounts of Syrian refugees [Summary] =>

Her eyes welling up with tears, actress Angelina Jolie said she heard "horrific" and "heartbreaking" accounts from Syrian refugees she met yesterday during a visit to a camp in Jordan that has provided shelter for those fleeing the civil war in the neighboring country.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-12 04:40:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698447 [Title] => 7 killed in Syria as protests turn violent [Summary] =>

Syrian President Bashar Assad's effort to drown out pro-democracy protests exploded into clashes between government supporters and opponents, and security forces opened fire and killed seven people, including a teenager, activists said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-22 13:43:25 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 692653 [Title] => Rebels in western Libya seize mountain towns [Summary] =>

Libyan rebels have forced government troops from three western towns and broken the siege on another, a rebel commander said as NATO pounded 10 targets across the country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-04 15:01:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 682141 [Title] => Libyan rebels: Regime forces shelling supply route [Summary] =>

Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi shelled a rebel supply route and a besieged opposition stronghold in western Libya on Tuesday, even as the embattled Libyan leader's international isolation deepened with a demand by Turkey that he resign now.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-04 09:50:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 520333 [Title] => UN relocating about 600 staff after Afghan attack [Summary] =>

The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against UN workers — the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-05 21:32:40 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 518255 [Title] => UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack [Summary] =>

Terrified UN workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn yesterday when Taliban militants wearing police uniforms stormed a residential hotel packed with foreigners.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-29 06:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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