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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Greek lawmaker starts hunger strike over Syrian refugees' plight

Athens (Reuters) - A Greek lawmaker joined Syrian refugees in a hunger strike outside the Athens parliament on Saturday to protest against the government's refusal to help them move to other European countries to reunite with relatives. Yiannis Michelogiannakis, a deputy from the leftist opposition Syriza party, said he decided to strike after an activist group said two protesters had died, one ...


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