Unaccompanied minors in Calais cultivate a world away from home and other top stories.

• Unaccompanied minors in Calais cultivate a world away from home

  On a cloudy day in the northern French town of Saint-Omer, Ibrahim, from Darfur in Sudan, is tending to a crop of vegetables with eight other young teenagers. Ranging from 14 to 17 years in age, they are among the lucky few who have been given a place at Saint-Omer’s Maison du Jeune Réfugié ('house for young refugees'), run by the NGO France Terre d’Asile. Forty-five children live at the centre, one of the few places that provide accommodation and protection for unaccompanied children who had ..

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• Christian, Muslim children unite in prayer to end massacre of defenceless children

  

  ReutersA boy carries his belongings at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Fardous district, Syria on April 2, 2015. Hundreds of Christian and Muslim children in Aleppo, Syria will join in prayer on the 6th of October this year to pray and seek for divine interference in the tragedy that has befallen them, with the massacre of several defenseless children in Syria. Agenzia Fides reports that according to..

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• Russia 'washes hands' of MH17 mess, accuses Ukraine

  

  Russia accused Ukraine of complicity in the MH17 disaster, the day before a major criminal investigation releases findings into the tragedy. But experts warn Russia is just trying to distract the world from the report's contents, which will likely be ...

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• Volcanic ash from Mount Rinjani forces cancellation of Bali flights

  

  Volcanic ash from Mount Rinjani forces cancellation of Bali flights Updated September 27, 2016 22:50:32 Volcanic ash is again forcing the cancellation of flights to and from Bali's Denpasar Airport.Both Tigerair Australia and Jetstar have confirmed the cancellation of a number of flights.Tigerair said a scheduled Tuesday night flight from Perth to Bali and a Wednesday morning flight from Bali to Melbourne would not be operating because of volcanic activity from Indonesi..

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• Gun rampage at Paris supermarket

  

  Police officers of the Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID) unit rush to the scene of a supermarket shooting in Paris. Picture: AFP/Thomas SamsonStaff writersNews Corp Australia NetworkTWO people have been seriously injured in a supermarket shooting west of Paris, with the suspect arrested after a stand-off with police. The alleged gunman, believed to be aged in his 70s fled the scene of the shooting in the car park of the Super U supermarket in Le Port-Marly, Yvelines, about 11.4..

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