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After a long ordeal of crossing five or six countries - walking at least part of the way - refugees are starting to reach Austria and Germany, the latter nation expecting 7,000 - 10,000 migrants seeking a new life after being driven out of their own countries by war, oppression, and poverty.  The weary travelers were greeted with cheers at Munich's train station.  They had refused to be taken to camps in Hungary, where the right-wing government is known for refusing asylum pleas and tried to halt the mass migration in its tracks.  But the spectacle of thousands of refugees - the elderly, the injured, babies doubled up in strollers - marching in the sun along highways to the west apparently embarrassed the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban into relenting, at least temporarily. 

But the flow of refugees from Africa and the Middle East into the pipeline that extends from Greece to northern Europe hasn't stopped just because some have reached their destinations.  Large groups are waiting to cross from Greece into Macedonia, and others are still stranded up in Hungary.  The European Union has scheduled an emergency meeting on 14 September to discuss the refugee crisis.

Some migrants who make it as far as Finland might be able to take up a rather incredible offer:  The Prime Minister is opening his own spare house to refugees.  Millionaire PM Juha Sipila hasn't used the country home since being elected PM, and is hoping to set an example in openness and generosity for his countrymen - saying that an asylum seeker "deserves a human treatment and genuine welcome greeting from us Finns".  Finland is expecting some 30,000 migrants this year, a more than eight-fold increase over 2014. 

Turkey and the US want to set up a "safe zone" in the north of Syria, in which people can shelter without having to leave the country as refugees.  In that proposed safe zone, around the town of Marea, fighting between Islamic State and other rebel groups left 47 people dead.  It's the same area where doctors with the group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that they treated a family exposed to a probably IS chemical weapons attack last month.  Across the Iraqi border, at least 13 government troops were killed in IS attacks north and south of Ramadi.

Tajikistan's government blames "terrorists" loyal to the sacked former deputy defense minister for violence that killed 22 people in and around the capital Dushanbe.  The US embassy is warning that the clashes could be a precursor to wider violence.  The alleged leader of the insurgents, General Abdukhalim Nazarzoda, is reportedly on the run with a handful of followers.  Tajikistan has had a secular government since the end of the Soviet era, but is facing growing interest in radical Islam among the young and growing unemployed.

Guatemala holds its presidential election today, with the most recently-elected chief executive sitting in jail.  A judge on Tuesday will decide if former president Otto Perez Molina should stand trial for allegedly taking millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for allowing businesses to avoid paying import duties - charges Perez Molina denies.

Japan has formally reopened a town that was evacuated because of the 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.  Naraha is only 20 kilometers away from the plant, which still has not been cleaned up since the disaster.  Few of the 7,400 residents have returned; and according to one survey, fewer than have of evacuated residents want to come back.

Ska and Reggae trombonist Rico Rodriguez is dead at age 80.  He's best remembered as a member of UK second wave Ska band The Specials, playing on their 1979 hit "A Message To You, Rudy". 

A traditional pillow fight among military recruits at America's prestigious West Point Academy got really, really out of hand, leaving 30 young men injured with concussions, broken limbs, and various cuts and contusions.  The first year"plebe" class was supposed to be blowing off steam after completing summer training.  I don't know, do you think that a generation hooked on steroids and energy drinks might have something to do with it?