* The European Parliament demanded that E.U. leaders step up the fight against homophobia, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. Specific incidents were mentioned in the resolution passed June 19, including the murder of Ilan Halimi, a young Jewish man in France, and an attack on Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich.
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