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Human rights watchdog urges world community to make more commitments to refugees

LONDON – Amnesty International is urging world leaders to radically overhaul refugee policies and create a comprehensive global strategy to deal with the crisis. The human rights watchdog issued a report Monday suggesting that world leaders have abandoned millions of refugees to “an unbearable existence” and left thousands more to …

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Lt. Brendan Looney, You Have the Thanks of a Grateful Nation

When my old boss Ronald Reagan gave the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1984, the tradition was for the president to give the first salute only to the top 100 graduates. Reagan decided to break with tradition and saluted every single graduate, nearly 1,000 of them, …

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Travelers crossing English Channel stranded as striking French workers block Calais port

PARIS – Some travelers trying to cross the English Channel are stranded because French workers are blockading the port of Calais. British ferry operator P&O Ferries warned passengers that the blockade began Sunday evening as a result of actions by workers at MyFerryLink, a ferry operator facing job cuts. It’s …

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