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DOZENS TO BE BURIED BUT HUNDREDS HAVE PERISHED
EU emergency meeting on the burgeoning crisis as migrants flee conflict and poverty in unprecedented waves.

TERRORISM PROBE YIELDS ARRESTS
Six arrested for traveling or trying to travel to Syria or Somalia to fight with militants.

CHINA INVESTS IN PAKISTAN
PRC leader Xi Jinping announces $46 billion investment projects for energy and infrastructure development.

BOSTON MARATHON TIME
The Boston Marathon is a world-class sporting event for fitness, for fundraising, and for freedom.

ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

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The United Nations estimates that the world will have a population of 8.4 billion by 2030. These statistics were released during the 48th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development that opened in NYC on Monday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said the international community is going to forge a set of sustainable development goals and they will be influenced by the profound demographic shifts which take place in current world, especially those related to youth, the elderly, urbanization and migration.

GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION

Epidemiological studies have consistently shown an association between particulate air pollution and not only it exacerbates illness in people with respiratory disease but also rises in the numbers of deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory disease among older adults.

Everyone on earth knows that air pollution is hazardous to health. The effects of air pollution is having a devastating impact on our health and the environment. Here are interesting ways to analyze how air pollution is gradually causing so many deaths worldwide.

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IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM
A magazine's colossal journalism meltdown, along with a a terribly flawed piece of reporting the news.

JUSTICE IN BOSTON
Murder trials wrapping up for Aaron Hernandez and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may begin jury deliberations this week.

BASKETBALL: FINAL TWO
College playoff B vs B is scheduled for all to see. The Badgers are playing The Blue Devils, who've beaten them once.

OIL PRICES ARE RISING
A 3 percent increase as demand in Asia picked up. A barrel of oil gained $1.44, to $50.53, in futures trading.

WEST COAST DROUGHT

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NYCrumbling

While constant building tragedies used to be rare in The Big Apple, NYC aging infrastructure will increasingly be responsible for disasters, disruptions and deficits. Officials mow estimate that billions are needed. So why has so little been accomplished?

NY Budget Battles

The Governor and the legislative leaders are in the midst of ongoing budget discussions which have intensified as we have gotten closer to the budget deadline.

I Know Nothing About Politics...

This was the first phrase I learned when I arrived to the US and could barely speak English. My parents were trying to protect their children because of Fidel Castro's Revolution, The Cuban Missile Crisis and issues surrounding the base in Guantanamo.

However, politics is what decides much in our lives. From how our health care is set up, which subjects schools are teaching to salaries we will be earning as adults.

N-O-B: YES or NO?

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, lets call him N, he told US Congress that he does not support any nuclear deals with Iran and USA. What do Americans say about Netanyahu's visit to US? (+video) http://trib.al/wV6RAhO

Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security debacle points to many more years of government gridlock, unless all Americans get mad as hell and threaten the representatives who work for US.

US Congress it out of control and voters need to put pressure of their elected representatives. The recent Homeland Security shutdown scares over immigration reform, by GOP refusing to fund the federal program established to protect the American people have pointed to a lack of planning.

MIGRATION: IN / OUT?

The movement of foreign born individuals with their intention of settling into The United States of America has become a hot button reform issue between The President a Republican controlled Congress.

Meanwhile, Obama is asking a Texas federal judge to allow him to continue implementing his immigration plan.

Today in #SouthFlorida: Pres. @BarackObama will defend his #immigration strategy at @FIU http://sunsent.nl/17xZjFT pic.twitter.com/fU1IxT2NBJ

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