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BARBARA SURK, Associated Press JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press

June 20, 2014

UN: Number of world’s displaced over 50 million

BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time since the World War II era, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations

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