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First generation BYU student attends study abroad, discovers potential career paths

January 06, 2025 12:46 PM
Adrian Bautista, a BYU senior studying psychology and pursuing a Ph.D. in social work, discovered that the only person holding him back from becoming more is himself.
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BYU Jerusalem center students share their experiences being in Jerusalem

November 08, 2023 12:00 AM
In light of the current Israel-Hamas conflict, recently returned BYU Jerusalem Center students shared their experiences of being in Jerusalem when the war broke out and how they felt about coming home sooner than expected.
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Jerusalem Center reopens to students after 2 years

April 11, 2022 12:00 AM
The BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies will open back up this spring after two years of being shut down because of COVID-19.
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Good News Thursday: Family reunites after three years, celebrity hair stylist helps the elderly

May 20, 2021 12:00 AM
Syrian family reunites after three years
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Jimmer Fredette signs two-year contract with Panathinaikos in Greece

July 10, 2019 12:00 AM
Golden State Warriors guard Jimmer Fredette questions referee Mark Lindsay after he was called for an offensive foul during the second half of the team's NBA basketball summer league game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Sacramento, California, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Grad's nonprofit supporting refugees

July 19, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU alumna Hayley Smith, right, interacts with the refugees in Lesbos, Greece. Smith's older sister, Maren Butcher, said the refugees' faces 'light up' when they see Smith. (Shannon Ashton Photography)
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Up to 500 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck last week

April 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Migrants ask for help from a dinghy boat as they are approached by the SOS Mediterranee's ship Aquarius, background, off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Some 41 refugees were rescued on April 16, 2016 after watching a boat, carrying up to 500 people, capsize. (Associated Press)
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News Briefs Sept. 8

September 08, 2015 12:00 AM
Silverton, Colo., resident Melanie Bergolc walks along the banks of Cement Creek in Silverton, polluted by mine waste runoff. The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three states shifts to Congress the week of Sept. 7 as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accidentally unleashed the deluge of poisoned water. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP, File)
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A look at the latest developments in Europe's migrant crisis

August 31, 2015 12:00 AM
Migrants cross a border line between Serbia and Hungary, near the village of Horgos, Serbia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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Take a trip to Greece!

July 16, 2015 12:00 AM
Tourists bike through Greece. Greece has become a lot cheaper as a destination.
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Online Opinion Outpost: July 14

July 10, 2015 12:00 AM
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Greeks hit by closed banks, warnings from eurozone

June 29, 2015 12:00 AM
Elderly people, who usually get their pensions at the end of the month, wait outside a closed bank in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Monday, June 29, 2015.(AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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NewsBlog: Eurozone Approves Greece Bailout

February 21, 2012 12:00 AM
Last Tuesday the finance ministers from the 17 nations that comprise the Eurozone met in Brussels to approve Greece's second financial bailout since 2008. According to CNN, the deal will pour $172 Billion into the Greek economy, thus alleviating their financial pain and avoiding what was seen as an inevitable default on the country's debt.
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Greece Passes Financial Cutbacks to Make Way for Bailout

February 13, 2012 12:00 AM
Greece is in serious financial trouble. Financial experts have been watching Greece since 2008. What they were concerned about was the fact that Greece was headed towards a depression. The reason this was cause for concern is because if Greece's economy were to tank, it would affect the economies of all 17 nations that are part of the EU, sending the entire union into a major recession.
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BYU students find humanity in the midst of the refugee crisis

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
BYU student Melena Warden moves down the line at a refugee camp in Moria, Greece. She can't provide the refugees with assurances of asylum, but she can provide them with a sense of humanity.
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