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In a development that caught U.S. intelligence by surprise, Russia has set up an air traffic control tower and modular housing units for hundreds of personnel at an airfield near Syria's Mediterranean Port of Latakia

In a development that caught U.S. intelligence by surprise, Russia has set up an air traffic control tower and modular housing units for hundreds of personnel at an airfield near Syria's Mediterranean Port of Latakia. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports on the implications.

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Families fleeing conflict from countries like Syria and Libya are pouring into Europe in record numbers

European leaders are planning an emergency summit to confront the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Families fleeing conflict from countries like Syria and Libya are pouring into Europe in record numbers, with more than 100,000 this month alone. A ferry with hundreds of desperate refugees docked overnight in Greece. Border controls are being stepped up after a truck containing the bodies of 71 people was discovered Friday in Austria. Charlie D'Agata reports from Roszke, Hungary.

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Prosecutors in Hungary are asking to keep four suspects in custody in connection with the discovery of 72 bodies locked inside a truck in Austria near the Hungarian border

Prosecutors in Hungary are asking to keep four suspects in custody in connection with the discovery of 72 bodies locked inside a truck in Austria near the Hungarian border. The U.N. says more than 300,000 people from the Middle East and Africa have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe by boat this year. Charlie D’Agata reports from Budapest on the crisis.

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