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With Syria on brink of ‘abyss,’ UN agencies urge neighbouring countries to keep borders open

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Syrians stream from their war-torn country into Iraq's Kurdistan reg...

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China joins international efforts to end tax evasion

China signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters at a ceremony at the OECD. All G20 countries have now fulfilled the commitment they made at the Cannes G20 Summit to sign the Conv...

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Biden: 'No Doubt' Syria Carried Out Chemical Attack

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Syria: security concerns force UN chemical weapons inspectors to delay second site visit

The United Nations inspectors probing the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria postponed a visit to a second site so the team’s safety could be ensured, the world body announced, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon once...

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