Despite traumas of war, Syrian children in Turkey dream of home

The Wider Image: Young Syrians dream of homeSyria&;s conflict has left hundreds of thousands dead, pushed millions more into exile, and had a profound effect on children who lost their homes or became caught up in the bloodletting. Hassun and her family are living with nearly 3,000 other people – 1,000 of them under 12 years old – in Yayladagi Refugee Camp, a former tobacco factory converted by the government just across the border from Syria in eastern Turkey. A Reuters photo story from various camps in the region shows the children at play and displaying their drawings.

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Obama knocks Trump, voices optimism

U.S. President Obama waves at the conclusion of his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama took aim on Tuesday at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and accused critics of playing into the hands of Islamic State in a speech meant to cement his legacy and set a positive tone for his final year in office. Obama, delivering his last annual State of the Union speech to Congress as president, called for leaders to "fix" U.S. politics and criticized candidates such as Trump for using anti-Muslim rhetoric that betrayed American values. "When politicians insult Muslims … that doesn’t make us safer," he said, drawing applause from the crowd in the House of Representatives chamber.

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Obama knocks Trump, voices optimism in speech to set 2016 tone

U.S. President Obama waves at the conclusion of his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama took aim on Tuesday at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and accused critics of playing into the hands of Islamic State in a speech meant to cement his legacy and set a positive tone for his final year in office. Obama, delivering his last annual State of the Union speech to Congress as president, called for leaders to "fix" U.S. politics and criticized candidates such as Trump for using anti-Muslim rhetoric that betrayed American values. "When politicians insult Muslims … that doesn’t make us safer," he said, drawing applause from the crowd in the House of Representatives chamber.

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