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Europe's answer to refugee crisis should not be nationalistic: Moscovici

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ANKARA - Europe should not respond to the inflow of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa with nationalism, because caring about human rights is part of the European identity, Europe's Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Friday.

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Asseco Poland to buy Portugal's Exictos for $24 million

WARSAW - Asseco Poland, Eastern Europe's largest software maker, has agreed to buy 61.4 percent of Portugal-based rival Exictos for 21.5 million euros ($24 million), strengthening its position in Africa, Asseco said on Thursday.

Tech, 03 Sep 2015

Double suicide bombing in north Cameroon kills 19, wounds 143

YAOUNDE - A double suicide bombing killed 19 people and wounded 143 on Thursday in northern Cameroon, where soldiers are battling Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria, officials said.

World, 03 Sep 2015

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill five villagers in northern Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Gunmen killed at least five villagers in a raid in northern Nigeria's Borno state on Wednesday before being repelled by government troops, military sources said, an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.

World, 03 Sep 2015

Exclusive: Migrant crisis spurs European interest in Israeli border barriers

JERUSALEM - Faced with a surge in migration from the Middle East and North Africa, two European countries are exploring the possibility of erecting towering steel security fences along parts of their borders, similar to Israel's barrier with Egypt.

World, Migrant Crisis, Egypt, 03 Sep 2015

French soldier in Central African Republic accused of sexual abuse: U.N

ABIDJAN - A French soldier deployed to Central African Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the latest in a series of misconduct allegations against peacekeeping forces there, the United Nations' top human rights official said.

World, United Nations, 03 Sep 2015

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Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in this May 21, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Joe Penney/Files

The rifts behind Nigeria's mass kidnap

CHIBOK/ABUJA - When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help.  Full Article