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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Syrian family moves from war to new world: Uruguay

In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo, Mohammed Aloun, 43, right, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press as he sits with his family at their house in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. The Alouns are one of several Syrian families who were given asylum in Uruguay after its government offered to accept 120 refugees. It's a small number compared to the 3 million Syrians who have fled the conflict, now in its fourth year, crowded into overwhelmed neighboring countries or who tried to reach Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Syrian teen, driven from his home by his country's civil war, swipes across the world on a mobile phone map, over China and the blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean. He searches until finally he finds Uruguay.




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