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Lt. General Babacar Gaye, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria, speaks to the press in Damascus.

Senegal is inaugurating a new parliament Monday with a coalition led by the president's party holding a large majority.
The day's mantra among citizens and new lawmakers is “a break from the past” -- a past in which parliament was seen as serving the political elite rather than the people.

Michael Dunbar, Civil Support Training Activity, U.S. Army North, briefs Army Staff Sgt. Michael King and Sgt. 1st Class Wendell Reed after the two detected radiation from a nearby parked car at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., as part of Vibrant Response 13, a catastrophic incident exercise conducted by U.S. Northern Command and led by U.S. Army North. King, the survey team chief, and Reed, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear noncommissioned officer, both with the 45th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, Tennessee Army National Guard, were clearing a route to an area hospital for the scenario.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) visits the memorial in Srebrenica for the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces.

Russian police are investigating how hundreds of fetuses ended up in barrels in the Ural Mountains of Siberia. Some officials say the remains may have been used for illegal scientific research.

Some light and heavy weapons collected from fighters under a disarmament programme.

High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek.

Liberians are observing 165 years of independence Thursday. To mark the occasion, the Liberian Diaspora in the United States held a one-day symposium in Washington to discuss their role in the reconstruction and development of their country, and the importance of dual citizenship.