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North Koreans and the world, for the first time, heard the country's new, young leader, Kim Jong Un, speak in public Sunday.

The international community has strongly condemned the military takeover of power in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau two weeks before a presidential runoff election.

U.S. President Barack Obama, attending a two-day regional summit in Cartagena, Colombia, said Saturday Washington wants deeper economic relations in the western hemisphere, but that existing barriers hamper greater integration.

Security Council in session.

The Philippines Thursday said it has withdrawn its largest warship from a simmering stand-off with Chinese boats in the South China Sea, but the dispute remains far from over with both countries deploying non-military boats in the disputed area.

An uneasy calm prevailed in Syrian cities after a ceasefire proposed by UN envoy Kofi Annan came into force Thursday morning even as Western countries doubted President Bashar al-Assad's intentions to hold on to the truce plan.

An Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province today, military officials reported.

The intentional misreading of UN security council resolution 1973 resulted in Nato's predictably violent Operation Odyssey in Libya last year.

The Philippines has warned that it would defend itself if attacked following a standoff between a Philippine warship and two Chinese surveillance vessels over fishing rights in the South China Sea.

Thousands of displaced remain in need