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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SERENE ASSIR Iraqi refugee Ahmad (C), 27, and his four months old baby Adam walk on a railway line as he walks from Serbia to the Hungarian border on September 1, 2015. When an Iraqi refugee couple who survived a hellish journey through the Balkans crossed the border into Germany with their baby, they celebrated that their dream of a "beautiful life" far from bombs seemed finally within reach. On the plush train from Vienna that refugees, businessmen and tourists shared, Ahmad and Alia from Baghdad laughed as they looked back on their nightmarish week-long odyssey from Turkey to Greece, then Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria. All their difficulties, they hoped, were behind them now, the LCD route map on the evening train showing they were inside Germany and out of danger. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SERENE ASSIR Iraqi refugee Ahmad (C), 27, and his four months old baby Adam walk on a railway line as he walks from Serbia to the Hungarian border on September 1, 2015. When an Iraqi refugee couple who survived a hellish journey through the Balkans crossed the border into Germany with their baby, they celebrated that their dream of a "beautiful life" far from bombs seemed finally within reach. On the plush train from Vienna that refugees, businessmen and tourists shared, Ahmad and Alia from Baghdad laughed as they looked back on their nightmarish week-long odyssey from Turkey to Greece, then Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria. All their difficulties, they hoped, were behind them now, the LCD route map on the evening train showing they were inside Germany and out of danger. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPETEMBER 27: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit September 27, 2015 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. The summit will run for three days prior to the start of the 70th session General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by Peter Foley-Pool/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPETEMBER 27: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit September 27, 2015 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. The summit will run for three days prior to the start of the 70th session General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by Peter Foley-Pool/Getty Images)

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The reconstructed remains of Pan Am flight 103 lie in a warehouse on January 15, 2008 in Farnborough, England. The Air Accident Investigation Branch have housed the remains of the Boeing 747 for the past 19 years. 20 years ago a terrorist bomb exploded on-board destroying the aircraft over the Scottish town of Lockerbie killing 270 people including 11 people on the ground.
The reconstructed remains of Pan Am flight 103 lie in a warehouse on January 15, 2008 in Farnborough, England. The Air Accident Investigation Branch have housed the remains of the Boeing 747 for the past 19 years. 20 years ago a terrorist bomb exploded on-board destroying the aircraft over the Scottish town of Lockerbie killing 270 people including 11 people on the ground.

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Pakistani Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on September 25, 2015. Muslims across the world celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. AFP PHOTO/ Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on September 25, 2015. Muslims across the world celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. AFP PHOTO/ Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

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A police officer restrains a man (C) arrested during an anti-parallel trading protest in the Yuen Long district of Hong Kong on March 1, 2015. Scuffles broke out on March 1 between protesters demonstrating against so-called parallel traders, who buy products in Hong Kong and sell them back on the mainland for a profit, and anti-protesters. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)
A police officer restrains a man (C) arrested during an anti-parallel trading protest in the Yuen Long district of Hong Kong on March 1, 2015. Scuffles broke out on March 1 between protesters demonstrating against so-called parallel traders, who buy products in Hong Kong and sell them back on the mainland for a profit, and anti-protesters. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

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SHIHEZI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22: (CHINA OUT) A farmer from Henan Province picks cotton in a cotton field on September 22, 2007 in Shihezi of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. About one million farmer workers from surrounding provinces travelled to Xinjiang to pick cotton. Each farmer is expected to make at least 2,000 yuan (about US$ 266) for two months work from August to November in the cotton fields. Xinjiang's cotton production is estimated to reach 2.5 million tons this year which accounts for over 30 percent of the country's total output. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
SHIHEZI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22: (CHINA OUT) A farmer from Henan Province picks cotton in a cotton field on September 22, 2007 in Shihezi of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. About one million farmer workers from surrounding provinces travelled to Xinjiang to pick cotton. Each farmer is expected to make at least 2,000 yuan (about US$ 266) for two months work from August to November in the cotton fields. Xinjiang's cotton production is estimated to reach 2.5 million tons this year which accounts for over 30 percent of the country's total output. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A Palestinian boy uses a slingshot to throw stones towards Israeli army troops during clashes in the West Bank village of Kfar Qaddum, on September 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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405845 02: (LtoR) First lady Laura Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush and Lyudmila Putin, the Russian president''s wife, stand outside the Russian Museum during a farewell ceremony May 26, 2002 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Bush''s left soon after for a two-day visit to France. (Photo by Konstantin Zavrazin/Getty Images)
405845 02: (LtoR) First lady Laura Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush and Lyudmila Putin, the Russian president''s wife, stand outside the Russian Museum during a farewell ceremony May 26, 2002 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Bush''s left soon after for a two-day visit to France. (Photo by Konstantin Zavrazin/Getty Images)

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