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Typically, illegal entry into the United States is a civil offense.

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Four years ago the Danish government planned to return around 200 refugees to Syria even while a civil war raged - because it said some parts of Damascus were safe.

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Those who don’t grant releases will keep their rights to sue the Sackler owners in civil court.

One gruesome feature of this more than two-year-long civil conflict has been the huge volume of footage and photos of horrific atrocities - often seemingly filmed by the culprits themselves, and circulated online.

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The Algerian civil defence said it deployed some 300 firefighters and two water-bombing aircraft to contain the blaze.

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