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'Alarming' reports of major violations in south-east Turkey – UN rights chief

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein addresses the 31st regular session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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UNHCR appeals to Kenya over decision to end refugee hosting

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Makeshift shelters and new tents at the new arrivals section of IFO camp, Kenya, in a December 2008 file photo.

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Syria camp airstrikes show shocking disregard for civilians

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A 2013 file photo shows humanitarian aid reaching internally displaced people in the Azzas area of northern Syria.

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UNHCR urges dialogue to end herder, farmer clashes in Nigeria

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Two villagers in Benue state's Aguta district recover corrugated iron roofing from one of the many homes torched during attacks earlier this year.

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OSCE Chairmanship expresses concern about possible escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the spokesperson of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, expressed concern about the situation at the Line of Contact on May 6.

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Prelude to War in the Pacific

President Obama’s provocative policy in the Pacific is leading to a conflict between nuclear powers, and can have no other result if the policy is not quickly reversed. These provocations have gone so far as sailing destroyers straight into waters legitimately claimed as territorial waters by the People’s Republic of China, in alleged “freedom of navigation” patrols, and attempts to line up local “allies” to join in. While the naval deployments are accompanied by all sorts of high-falutin’ moralizing rhetoric from the U.S. government, in reality they have less justification than the European gunboats on the Yangtze in the 19th Century.

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Life science leaders say UK is better off in a reformed EU

The UK’s leading life science companies warn that leaving the EU could bring uncertainty to the industry.

The UK’s leading life science companies have warned that leaving the EU could add risk to the wealth and health of the nation by bringing uncertainty to the industry, adding barriers to investment in the UK and threatening access to the latest medicines on 8 May.

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Respect for different faiths ‘bedrock’ and ‘prerequisite’ of world peace, UN General Assembly told

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Religious leaders.

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OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre’s Mediation Support Team hosts brainstorming session on Dialogue in Ukraine

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OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine Vaidotas Verba and Torbjørn BjorvatnSenior, Project Manager, Agder Research, Kristiansand, Norway - OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre’s Mediation Support Team brainstorming session on Dialogue in Ukraine, Vienna, 26 April 2016.

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Panzeri on Libya: "The sooner we act the better it will be for all of us”

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Pier Antonio Panzeri