World
Obama Administration Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal Timeline
The Obama administration is defending a NATO plan to gradually end combat operations in Afghanistan. The future of America’s longest-ever war has become an issue in the 2012 presidential race.
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Top Egyptian Vote-Winners Stress Cooperation
Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq speaks to the media during a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 26, 2012.
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Syria: UN officials deplore 'brutal' killing of civilians near Homs
An UNSMIS delegation convoy drives througn a neighbourhood of Homs in early May.
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Iran Downplays Report Showing Higher Uranium Enrichment
Iran is downplaying a report from U.N. inspectors that shows Tehran significantly upgraded uranium at one of its nuclear sites, a move that raises Western concerns that Tehran may have nuclear weapons ambitions.
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$4 billion aid to fight humanitarian crisis in Yemen
International donors, with Saudi Arabia in lead, have pledged more than $4 billion in aid to Yemen, the impoverished West Asian country battling terrorism and a possible humanitarian catastrophe due to food crisis.
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Philippines accuses China of escalating water dispute
The Philippines has accused China of escalating tensions in a disputed portion of the South China Sea after claiming that dozens of Chinese vessels had been deployed despite a freeze on fishing.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020