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The movement to offer asylum to more Syrian refugees is taking root in the Liberals, with backbencher Herbert Ewen Jones calling on the government to clear places for 50,000 persons. That is quite a bit more than the 10,000 the opposition called for a commitment to helping. Ewan Jones says ministers will have to decide ministers to decide they should be granted permanent residency as asylum seekers, or given visas for temporary stays in Australia.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron says his country will settle up to 20,000 refugees from war and starvation in the Middle East - but only from refugee camps in Syria, Jordan, and Turkey, not from the thousands arriving in Austria and Germany over the past few weeks. The new arrivals will be given five-year "humanitarian protection" visas upon arrival in Britain. The UN in Geneva is warning that the world community needs to come up with money to help Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, which hosts the vast majority of Syrian refugees - otherwise as many as four million people may decide to pick up and walk to Europe.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says the influx of multitudes of immigrants into Germany will "occupy and change" the country in the coming years. This refers not only to the arrival of 20,000 refugees in Germany on Saturday and Sunday, but also acknowledges that Germany will welcome more in the near future. Merkel against called on European Union countries to share the responsibility and accept more refugees.
The European Commission will announce new quotas on Wednesday. But Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and others are already rejecting the idea of being required to take in set numbers of refugees.
Hungary's defense minister quit. The government doesn't give the reason, but it is hinted to be a dispute over the progress of southern border fence ordered by PM Viktor Orban. The razor wire strung along the border with Serbia really isn't keeping anyone out of Hungary, and a four meter-high wall that Orban unrealistically wanted to be finished last month will not be completed for several weeks. Csaba Hende had served as defense minister since Orban's government came into power in 2010.
No matter what Europe does, the refugees keep coming. The mayor of the Island of Lesbos is asking for help from the Greek government, which is asking for help from Europe to deal with the overwhelming situation at what has become Europe's front door. And the trafficking boats are still crossing the Mediterranean from Africa to Italy.
The extremely uncooperative former ruler of Chad had to be carried into his war crimes trial in Dakar, Senegal. Later, guards had to physically restrain Hissene Habre as he shouted at the court clerk who read a list of some of his victims. Hissene denies ordering the murders of 40,000 people during his bloody rule in the 1980s. Habre is being tried in Senegal at the request of the African Union, the first time a country is trying the former leader of a neighbor.
Noted architect Zaha Hadid is teaming with a Japanese firm to try and win back the contract to design and build Tokyo's 2020 Summer Olympic stadium. Her original design was chosen, but later scrapped by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over concerns about the cost - more than US$2 Billion, which would have been the highest price tag on any sports venue. The new cap will be around US$1.3 Billion.
Police in Bangladesh are looking for 29-year old superstar cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife in relation to the alleged abuse of their 11-year-old domestic help. The girl is in hospital after being found in the streets with facial injuries consistent with a severe beating, and accused Hossain directly in an interview with Dhaka Channel 24 TV.
Guatemala's Presidential Election is indeed going to a runoff. Centrist and TV comedian Jimmy Morales came out on top of last weekend's first round with 24 percent, far short of clearing the 50 percent threshold to avoid the runoff. But second place is still up in the air, with right wing businessman Manuel Baldizon and Progressive ex-first lady Sandra Torres tied with about 19 percent.
Everyone loves Baby Leopard Cubs! At the zoo in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia. Also, White Lion and Siberian Tiger cubs are manhandled by miniature humans at the Safari Park in Crimea, Ukraine-or-Russia-depending-on-who-you-ask.
A number of people managed to capture video of an apparent meteor coming to earth somewhere in Thailand.