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Refugees rehoused in Greece as temperatures drop

Thousands of refugees and migrants will be relocated indoors from tent camps in Greece as temperatures fell below zero for the first time, the UN refugee agency said Thursday. The operation began Wednesday in the snow-covered foothills of Olympus, Greece's tallest mountain, to move around...

Aleppo rebels hope to reverse fortunes with new alliance

Rebels in Aleppo have agreed to form a new military alliance to better organize the defense of parts of the city they control from a ferocious assault by the government and its allies, officials in two of the insurgent groups said on Thursday. The Syrian government assault backed by allied...

Asylum-seeker activists target Australian parliament

Australia's parliament was hit by a second day of protests by anti-offshore detention center activists Thursday with two people abseiling down the building to unfurl a banner reading "close the bloody camps now". While the pair scaled Parliament House a dozen others waded into a forecourt...

Miami celebrations at Castro's death shock those in Havana

For more than a decade, Maria Vazquez's store had a special gift basket to celebrate Fidel Castro's death. For $24.99, it includes a bottle of cider with the label "only open after Fidel's death," and toilet paper bearing the Cuban leader image. She's sold more than 250 since Castro's death...