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John Ging, Director, Coordination and Response Division of OCHA. opens the Syrian Humanitarian Forum.

South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma was sworn in Tuesday as the new chairperson of the African Union Commission. The leadership handover at the African Union takes place as the organization tackles security crises across the continent.

The Syrian government denied Sunday that it used tanks and helicopters to attack the village of Tremseh in Hama province on Thursday. Activists reported mass killings in the village, but a government spokesman said only two civilians and 37 armed individuals were killed in what Damascus said was a defensive operation.

Jan Eliasson, appointed Deputy Secretary-General.

A convoy of trucks driven by the 2220th Transportation Company, Arizona Army National Guard, heads towards Tooele Army Depot, Utah, as part of Operation Golden Cargo. Golden Cargo was a logistics operation that moved ammunition to and from military installations throughout the United States and involved more than 2,000 service members from the Army National Guard, and the Army, Marine Corps and Navy Reserves.

The EU needs a truly strategic concept for its external policy in order to punch its weight on the international stage, foreign affairs committee MEPs said on Tuesday. To be effective and consistent, the EU's action in the global arena needs a new, comprehensive approach.

On the Fourth of July, 2012, the voices of some of the most respected figures referenced by the British press in London, had shocked the politically sentient circles of the planet, with the publication of a report whose source has included the members of a circle of public figures from among the most highly respectable, relevant circles of Great Britain. Those voices had announced that some crucial elements of that famous empire's leading press had suddenly called for wiping out the nominally richest British banks in the world, in order to rescue both Britain and the United States from a terrible catastrophe. The relevant British proponents had proposed cooperation between the United States and Britain on this specific account.

The United States says military and diplomatic defections in Syria show a continuing "momentum building" against President Bashar al-Assad. The White House said Thursday that desperation is growing within Assad's government. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for tougher U.N. action against Damascus.

The United States is imposing more sanctions on Iran and taking steps to stop Iran from using front companies and banks to evade sanctions.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery fire a rocket from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wisc. Elements of the battalion are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.