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  Turkey threatens to open gates for Syria refugees to go West

  World | September 05, 2019 18:17 IST

  Turkey opened its borders to Syrians in April 2011 and is currently home to 3.6 million who fled the civil war, now in its ninth year. But as Turkey suffers an economic downturn and rising unemployment, calls among Turks for Syrians to go home are growing.

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  Priyanka Chopra has a perfect reply for Twitter user asking her to visit malnourished kids of India

  Bollywood | September 11, 2017 13:57 IST

  Recently, Priyanka Chopra was in Jordan to visit war-affected children

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  UN goals to focus on quality education for children: Unicef

  World | September 22, 2015 10:36 IST

  United Nations: With more than 200 million children unable to read and write globally, the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus on access to quality education, the executive director of Unicef has said."There

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  At a Berlin church, Muslim refugees converting in droves

  World | September 05, 2015 17:02 IST

  Berlin: Mohammed Ali Zonoobi bends his head as the priest pours holy water over his black hair. "Will you break away from Satan and his evil deeds?" pastor Gottfried Martens asks the Iranian refugee. "Will

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  UN says Syria refugees top 2 million mark

  World | September 03, 2013 10:58 IST

  Geneva: The U.N. refugee agency says the number of refugees fleeing Syria's violence has surpassed the 2 million mark—another tragic sign of a civil war that shows no sign of letting up.Antonio Guterres, the head