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Germany plans new ID document for asylum-seekers

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – The Latest in the influx of people into Europe. All times local: 1:45 p.m. The German government plans to issue a new identity document to migrants arriving in the country amid efforts to improve management of the influx. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday presented …

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Dozens killed in ongoing Taliban attack on Afghan airport

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – A Taliban assault on an airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that has been underway for nearly 24 hours has killed 37 people, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. A ministry statement said another 35 people have been wounded in the assault, which began Tuesday. …

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6 migrant children drown off Turkey’s coast

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Six Afghan children drowned after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported. Five other migrants, including a 12-year-old boy, were rescued from the sea off the resort of Cesme, and were found floating in …

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