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"Serbia respects the policy of the United States, but has its own policy," Prieme Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday.

Normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina implies Kosovo's membership in the UN, says U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby.

So, after all, construction has become a new method of military strategy. This week, the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) leading newspaper, Star, called the Public Housing and Construction Administration (TOK?), for the anti-outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) campaign in Turkey's southeast towns and villages.

The Iraq Defense Ministry has said Turkish troops stationed in northern Iraq, which led to a crisis to erupt between the two countries, are far from being pulled out, despite Turkey's promises to withdraw the additional troops stationed at the camp on Dec. 4. 

More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published on Dec. 23, up nearly 50 percent from last year.  

Based on an assessment of more than 4,000 refugee households, the report found that an estimated 70 percent of them are living below the Lebanese extreme poverty line of $3.84 (3.52 euros) per day.  

At least 20 migrants, including eleven children, drowned when their overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea early yesterday while heading for the Greek island of Lesbos.

The wooden boat capsized in high waves two miles off the Bademli coast in the Aegean, Do?an News Agency reported.

18 migrants, including six children, drowned when their overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea early Dec. 24 while heading for the Greek island of Lesbos.

The wooden boat capsized in high waves two miles off the Bademli coast in the Aegean, Do?an News Agency reported.

Syria is ready to take part in peace talks in Geneva and hopes that the dialogue will help it form a national unity government, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Dec. 24 during a visit to Beijing.

The manga style of comics is linked to Japan, however there’s a growing hub of Thessaloniki-based Mangatellers in Greece. Enough to warrant a publication of manga comics written by Raphael Voutsidis and Karyofyllis-Christos Hatzopoulos and cartoonist Manos Lagouvardos.

At least 13 people including seven children, drowned when their overloaded boat capsized in the Aegean, police said Dec. 23, the latest tragedy involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe.

The small boat went down off the Greek island of Farmakonisi overnight, sending 29 people into the water, an official with the Greek port police told AFP.