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Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned

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From left to right: Abdulrahman, aged three, sits on the laps of his father Yasin, 24. They are among 41 survivors of a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in mid-April causing the death of hundreds on board.

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Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

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Cate Blanchett meets young Syrian refugees at Mazboud Community Center in Lebanon, in this May 2015 file photograph.

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Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state

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A displaced woman stands in a temporary longhouse shelter in Minbya township, Rakhine State, Myanmar.

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Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching

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105 tonnes of ivory from over 7,000 elephants and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn was burned in Nairobi, Kenya, on 30 April 2016, in an urgent call to action to end the poaching crisis.

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'Now is the time for implementation,' Ban urges session on integrating UN sustainability agenda

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left) addresses the 2016 Integration Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

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Document 17 and the Battle for the Truth About 9/11

Every commissioner and key investigator into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, in which 2,977 innocent Americans were killed, has not only demanded that President Obama declassify and publicly release the 28-page chapter from the original Joint Congressional Inquiry, providing leads on the role of the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family in 9/11. They have also demanded the full declassification of all of the still-classified files from the Joint Inquiry and the follow-on 9/11 Commission.

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Yemen talks 'moving forward towards peace', UN envoy reports

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Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed

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With Syrian truce ‘barely alive,’ UN envoy urges Russia and United States to help revitalize talks

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a press conference at the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Sahrawi women to get behind the wheel at new driving school

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All-women driving school founders Mana, left, and Ghalia, right, proudly pose next to their car.

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Greek couple offers a welcome haven to Syrian family

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Fatima, 34, has two small children, Kharuan and Kaphin. Thanks to a Greek family she has found a new life after fleeing Syria and war.