Germany says it could take half a million refugees annually as Greek islands struggle to process a huge backlog of migrants desperate to travel to western Europe.
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LONDON - A Norwegian tour guide says he had been expecting tragedy to strike at the tourism spot where a Melbourne student fell hundreds of metres to her death.
PORT MORESBY - Pacific Islanders won't be abandoned to suffer in silence as seawater inundates their homes and crops, Papua New Guinea's prime minister has declared ahead of a showdown with Australia and New Zealand on climate change.
BUDAPEST - A Hungarian TV camerawoman has been fired after footage appeared to show her kicking migrants, including children, as they ran from a police line during disturbances at Roszke, southern Hungary.
OSLO - A Norwegian billionaire who made his fortune in the hotel business has offered 5000 nights in his hotel chain to refugees who do not have a spot in asylum centres.
CHICAGO - The US dentist who sparked international outrage when he killed Cecil the lion during a hunting trip to Zimbabwe has returned to work after six weeks in hiding.
LONDON - A disgraced ex-bishop has admitted sexually assaulting two young men after failing in a bid to get his case thrown out on the word of an Archbishop of Canterbury.
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