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Wednesday, 25 May 2016

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The police intervened at a refugee camp near the Greek village of Idomeni on Tuesday.
Greece Begins Moving Refugees Out of Idomeni Camp

By NIKI KITSANTONIS

About 8,000 migrants were living in squalid conditions in the encampment, hoping to be allowed to cross the border and head to Northern or Western Europe.
A billboard along Highway 16. The stretch of road is known as the Highway of Tears because dozens of women, mostly aboriginal, have been murdered or have disappeared in the area.
Dozens of Women Vanish on Canada's Highway of Tears, and Most Cases Are Unsolved

By DAN LEVIN

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an inquiry into a series of disappearances and murders, part of a promise to renew the country's relationship with its indigenous citizens.
President Obama at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, on Tuesday. Mr. Obama said several activists who had been set to meet with him were prevented from doing so.
As Obama Presses Vietnam on Rights, Activists Are Barred From Meeting

By GARDINER HARRIS and JANE PERLEZ

The White House had requested the meeting as a signal to Vietnam's Communist government that the United States cares about human rights in the country.
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