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Fire destroys hundreds of homes in Myanmar Rohingya camp

  Yangon / AP A major fire on Tuesday damaged or destroyed the homes of nearly 450 Rohingya Muslim families living in a camp for people displaced by 2012 communal fighting in western Myanmar. The charred remains of wooden shelters and twisted metal roofs were visible through a thick haze of smoke after the fire broke out in the early ...

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EU set to grant Turkish citizens visa-free travel in migrant deal

  Brussels / AFP The EU is set to give conditional approval on Wednesday for Turks to gain visa-free access to the Schengen zone, sources said, meeting a key demand by Ankara to keep a migrant crisis deal alive. The European Commission, the executive arm of the 28-nation EU, will say Turkey must still meet further measures to access the ...

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Gaza sewage poisons coastline, threatens Israel

  SHATI REFUGEE CAMP / AP Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Gaza Strip’s Mediterranean beachfront, spewing out of a metal pipe and turning miles of once-scenic coastline into a stagnant dead zone. The sewage has damaged Gaza’s limited fresh water supplies, decimated fishing zones, and after years of neglect, is now floating northward and ...

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