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this is To the Point. A culture clash threatens European unity.

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More than 500 complaints of sometimes violent sexual assault have come to light since

New Year's Eve in Cologne, Germany. Delayed police reports say women were groped, abused, and forced to run a gauntlet.

Some of the suspects are from North Africa and the Middle East.

Outrage in Germany is growing with potentially dire consequences for innocent refugees

and for one of Europe's historic achievements.

Some of the open borders finally established after centuries of warfare are closing again.

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Open borders in Europe are closing again after reports that migrant men from the Middle East and North Africa sexually abused women on the streets of Cologne and other cities.

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