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Niemeyer's Buildings Mark Happier Times Before Lebanon's Civil War

7:59am September 07, 2015

by Alice Fordham

In northern Lebanon, sweeping buildings designed by renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer remind people of more peaceful times. (This story first aired on May 26, 20015 on All Things Considered.)

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A migrant girl holds a sign expressing her love to Germany as she arrives at the train station in Saalfeld, central Germany, on Saturday. Hundreds of refugees arrived in a train from Munich to be transported by bus to an accomodation center.

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Trainloads Of Migrants Begin Arriving In Germany

4:01pm September 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Thousands of refugees, mainly escaping conflict in Syria and Iraq, began arriving in Munich after transiting through Austria.

Abdel Mounan, an Iraqi refugee, holds his young daughter. After two days in a refugee camp in Hungary, Munan says he'd rather die than return to Iraq.

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Austria, Germany Agree To Take Migrants Stopped In Hungary

7:36am September 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Groups of the refugees earlier had left a rail station and stopped train and begun walking toward Austria. Also: The father of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Aegean Sea buries his family.

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Thousands Arrive At Austrian Border, Bused Through Hungary

6:36pm September 05, 2015

Thousands of migrants, many fleeing war and poverty in Syria and Iraq, are traveling through Hungary to Austria and Germany. European leaders are struggling to cope with the humanitarian crisis.

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A woman holds her smiling baby in her arms as she arrives at the Hauptbahnhof station in Salzburg, Austria, on Saturday on their way with other migrants from Hungary via Vienna to Germany.

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Migrants Arrive In Austria, Germany After Being Bused To Border

2:32pm September 05, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

The refugees from Syria, Iraq and elsewhere have been blocked for days from leaving Hungary.

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Busloads Of Refugees Arrive At Austria's Border

11:38am September 05, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Hundreds of migrants began walking from Budapest to the Austrian border on Friday after becoming frustrated by Hungary's closing of rail links towards Germany. Meanwhile, Austria and Germany announced that they would allow migrants into their countries.

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Images of dead bodies in Syrian prisons, taken by a Syrian forensic photographer, were displayed at the United Nations earlier this year. They were also put on exhibit at the U.S. Capitol in July.

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A Viral Syrian Moment: Will It Be Different This Time?

11:12am September 05, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

At several points in Syria's war, powerful images captured international attention and were described as possible turning points. But each time, the moment passed and the killing carried on.

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Austrians Applaud As Busloads Of Syrian Refugees Cross Border

5:54am September 05, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

More than 1,000 weary Syrian refugees were greeted with food and applause at the Austrian border after arriving by busloads from a long, chaotic journey through Hungary.

British Prime Minister Announces U.K. Will Take In More Migrants

6:39pm September 04, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Guardian political editor Patrick Wintour about British Prime Minister David Cameron's announcement to allow more Syrian refugees into the UK.

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Obama Posts Comment On 'Humans Of New York' Photo Of Iranian Father And Son

1:02pm September 04, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A Facebook post on the popular photo blog caught the eye of the president, who called it "inspirational."