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Refugee Minister John McCallum said it remained the government’s firm intention to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year-end.

“Significant shortcomings have affected the judiciary, as well as freedom of expression and freedom of assembly”, RIA Novosti cited the reports as saying. Under Turkey’s current constitution, the president is a largely ceremonial figure.

The convocation was attended by almost 50,000 people, including Congress party leaders and radical Sikhs in Punjab.

Belgian prosecutors today said seven people had been detained following raids in Brussels after the attacks on Friday in Paris and that two of the Paris assailants had been living in Belgium.

Fabius said he would return to Paris after the talks here, and would stand in for French President François Holland at the G-20 Summit Sunday in Turkey, which President Baracj Obama will attend. “Ensuring security to thousands, marching on the streets, will not be an easy...

And aside from true freshman running back Josh Adams’ 98-yard stiff-arming sprint, the Irish only mustered 184 yards of total offense on 48 plays (3.83 yards per play). Adams ran for 147 yards against Pittsburgh.

First-time winners have captured all five PGA Tour events at the start of the wraparound season.

World No. 3 Muguruza is also into the WTA Finals doubles semifinals with her partner Carla Suarez Navarro and the pair will play in the second evening match on Saturday against Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.

She was just 65 years old. Mathison laid the foundation for one of the greatest movies ever made and directly contributed to films from master directors. She was his second wife, and though the on-again, off-again couple first separated in the late 1990s and legally separated in...

Former starter Kyle Allen also got a few reps in the fourth quarter and was a ideal 6-of-6 for 88 yards and a touchdown.

Kickoff for the Big Ten game has been set for Noon. In the last meeting against MI in Beaver Stadium, Bill Belton’s two-yard touchdown run lifted Penn State to a 43-40 victory in four overtimes.

New Mexico is now bowl eligible but is also in position to make an appearance in the Mountain West Conference Championship if the Lobos win their remaining two home games. Three plays later, Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien fired a strike off the body of freshman wide...

The James Bond thriller “Spectre” opened to a record-smashing $80 million overseas this weekend, even better than the last 007 blockbuster “Skyfall” did in its worldwide debut.

It seems that drama between Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian is far from over.

The Eiffel Tower will remain dark Saturday night in a display of mourning following the terror attacks that left 127 dead and wounded scores more.