* France: French officials are planning to shutdown and evict about 1500 mostly Middle Eastern migrants from a squalid refugee camp nicknamed “the jungle.”* Japan: Speaking of immigration, perhaps Japan will be more welcoming of migrants as the country faces a shortage of workers due to a more elderly population.
* World: According to a study by Alzheimer's Disease International, the number of people worldwide with Alzheimer's disease has shot up by 10% since 2005.
* Iran: Both the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights Watch has called on global leaders to demand more accountability from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he attends the U.N. General Assembly this week.
Image- BBC News (“Some 1,500 migrants live in very poor conditions outside Calais.”)
Online Sources- BBC News, AFP, USA TODAY
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