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In this photo made available Thursday, April 23, 2015, migrants crowd and inflatable dinghy as rescue vassel "Denaro" of the Italian Coast Guard approaches them, off the Libyan coast, in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. European Union leaders gathering for an extraordinary summit are facing calls from all sides to take emergency action to save lives in the Mediterranean, where hundreds of migrants are missing and feared drowned in recent days. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo)

EU leaders face calls to take swift action on Mediterranean migrants

By Lorne Cook and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Survivors of the boat that overturned off the coasts of Libya Saturday, wait to disembark from Italian Coast Guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, at Catania Harbor, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015. A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya's coast as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy and intensifying pressure on the European Union Sunday to finally meet demands for decisive action. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Prosecutors build case against traffickers as EU mulls plan

By Trisha Thomas and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Rescuers help children to disembark in the Sicilian harbor of Pozzallo, Italy, early Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Malta to bury 24 victims of latest shipwreck tragedy

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

European rescue crews are responding regularly as boats filled with refugees from Africa and the Middle East attempt a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 700 drowned trying to reach shore over the weekend. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Migrants drown in Mediterranean as Europe refugee crisis boils over

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

EU foreign ministers to meet after latest migrant tragedy

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

In this photo taken at the Palermo harbor on April 15 and made available Sunday, April 19, migrants receive relief after disembarking in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In background, right, is harbored the King Jacob Portuguese cargo vassel, the first ship to arrive near a boat believed to be crowded with 700 migrant in distress, only to see it capsizing in the waters north of Libya, Sunday, April 19, 2015. 24 migrants were confirmed dead, sparking fears for what could become the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant sea disaster, Italy's Coast Guard and other officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)

Survivor: Smugglers locked hundreds in hold of capsized boat

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella during a private audience, in the pontiff's studio at the Vatican, Saturday, April 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, POOL)

Pope Francis asks Europe to do more for migrants flooding into Italy

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European Union's competition chief Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference regarding Google at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. The European Union's executive hit Google with an official antitrust complaint on Wednesday that alleges the company abuses its dominance in Internet searches and also opened a probe into its Android mobile system. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU raises stakes in Google battle with antitrust charges

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

CLARE LOPEZ: How the Iran lobby sidetracked the nuclear talks

By Clare Lopez

FILE - In this June 5, 2014 file photo, a man walks past a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google may have to pay more than half a billion dollars for an unorthodox stock split aimed at ensuring co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin retain control over the Internet's most profitable company. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Google to be hit by EU antitrust case

By The Washington Times

In this handout photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, Justus Walker, center, poses with his family for a family photo near the eastern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (AP Photo/ Justus Walker/ HO)

American farmer among the winners in sanctions-hit Russia

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France. EU interior ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday, March 12, 2015, were to be asked to decide that the passports of everyone leaving or entering the 26-nation Schengen area should be checked against databases to ensure they are not stolen, forged or void. The EU made fighting terrorism a top priority after the Jan. 7-9 attacks in Paris that claimed 17 victims. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

EU ministers beef up anti-terror measures

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

When Britain's 2010 vote resulted in a "hung" parliament, Conservative leader David Cameron formed a government by entering into an unusual coalition with Britain's third-largest party, the center-left Liberal Democrats, ending 13 years of Labor rule. (Associated Press)

Britain elections: ‘Hung’ Parliament likely amid voter dissatisfaction with major parties

By Stephanie Jones-Berry - Special to The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin Cartoon by Herb, Dagningen, Lillehammer, Norway/CartoonArts International

CLIFFORD MAY: Vladimir Putin’s revisionist government

By Clifford D. May

European group seeks 24/7 protection at Jewish institutions

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

'Tick Tock' Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spanish Podemos party, says time is running out for unpopular austerity measures. He hopes to emulate the electoral success of Greece's Syriza party. (Associated Press)

Podemos, Spain anti-austerity party, sees surge in support after Syriza win in Greece

By Meritxell Mir - Special to The Washington Times