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"This needs to be finished today," the exhausted police officer says as rain lashes down, pointing to a 400-metre stretch of the anti-migrant fence Hungary is rushing to erect along its southern border.
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A razor-wire barrier along Hungary's border with non-EU member Serbia, aimed at keeping out migrants, has been completed, the Hungarian defence ministry said on Saturday.
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The removal of the concrete barriers in Beit Jalla is very good news, but now is a dangerous time. Leaders must invest in ongoing improvement in the area.
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With 16 days to go until the G20 summit in Toronto, construction has begun on the three-metre-high fence circling a large section of the downtown core. People with proper identification will be allowed to enter the fenced-off area.
Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV -- possibly keeping the spread of the AIDS more contained than it might otherwise be.
A leaked portion of a report from the United Nations regarding climate change warns that the Great Barrier Reef and snow in the southeatern alps of Australia are in jeopardy.
BARRIER APPROVED: Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge approved construction of a $76 million suicide barrier of the iconic span, where hundreds have jumped to their deaths.
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TUBULAR: Movable yellow plastic lane markers divide northbound and southbound traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in this photo from 2006.
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The Ocean Cleanup Array. Pictured is the center of the V, including the collection station.
