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Migrant boat docks in Crete after dramatic rescue
Migrant boat docks in Crete after dramatic rescue
by  AFP

A rusty fishing boat carrying around 500 migrants docked at the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday after being dramatically rescued during near gale-force winds. The Greek coastguard said the migrants were safe and that the fishing boat had sent a distress call after midnight on Monday whilst sailing south of Crete.

Suspended sentence sought for German ex-Nazi camp secretary
Suspended sentence sought for German ex-Nazi camp secretary
by  AFP

German prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a suspended sentence for a 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary in what they described as one of the country's last trials over the Holocaust. In June, a court in the eastern city of Brandenburg an der Havel sentenced a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes.

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