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Turkey Urges EU Action On Syria To End Migrant Crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the EU consider a no-fly zone and safe haven area in Syria during talks to address Europe’s spiralling migrant crisis. Speaking after the discussions in Brussels, Erdogan said Turkey was bearing the brunt of

SID, SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Men walk with backpacks as migrants continue to arrive by bus where they walk the final few kilometres from Serbia to Croatia opening up a new route to northern EU countries on September 17, 2015 in Sid, Serbia.

U.S. Host To 10 Million More Foreigners Than Entire European Union

The United States is host to 10 million more foreign-born people than all 27 countries comprising the European Union combined, according to United Nations and European Commission data produced by Republican staffers with the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest.

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Short on Money, Greece Brings Back the Barter System

Greeks are getting around what is delicately described as a “liquidity problem”—i.e. no money—by bringing back the barter system. It even has an Information Age twist: a bartering website with its own virtual currency system, and thousands of users.