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The Millennium Bridge in Podgorica. The OSCE/ODIHR opened a Limited Election Observation Mission for the 14 October early parliamentary elections in Montenegro's capital.

It is time to rethink the role of the state in the financial sector, so that governments can better balance the need for credit and emergency support for banks with measures to promote transparency and competition when crises erupt, says a new World Bank report.

As the United Nations Conference on Disarmament ended its 2012 session in Geneva today – without breaking an impasse over its agenda, including the consideration of a fissile materials treaty – the top UN official on the issue urged Member States to continue to seek progress, keeping in mind that their national security was not solely dependent on military might.

Japan says six Chinese patrol ships have entered its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, further heightening the tensions over the uninhabited archipelago claimed both by Tokyo and Beijing.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Libya on 2 November 2011.

Japanese patrol boats are circling a small group of islands in the East China Sea, guarding against any encroachment by Chinese ships sent by Beijing to invoke its claim of sovereignty over the islands.

The U.S. Census Bureau released annual poverty figures today , revealing that 15 percent of Americans—including one in five children—lived in poverty in 2011.

Fires broke out at two factories in Pakistan Tuesday, killing more than 260 people.

Fires broke out at two factories in Pakistan Tuesday, killing more than 260 people.

Tensions between China and Japan continued to rise Tuesday as Tokyo sealed a deal to purchase islands that Chinese authorities say belong to them.