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Malta To Host EU Summit on Migrants
The move comes after Italy said it had reached a deal with Libya
European Union leaders are due to meet in Malta for a summit focusing on how to stem the flow of migrants from the Middle East and Africa. They'll discuss a plan to cooperate with the Libyan coastguard in an attempt to shut down people smuggling routes.
Hundreds of thousands of Romanians have taken part in a third night of demonstrations against a decree that will decriminalise some forms of corruption.
In Chad, victims of human rights abuses under the regime of former president Hissene Habre in the 1980s say they will not give up the fight to win compensation money promised to them.
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