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European Foreign Ministers Want 'Decisive' Effort to Regulate Arms Trade

Britain, France, Germany and Sweden are urging United Nations members to support a "decisive effort" to regulate conventional weapons trade.

UN human rights chief renews call on Security Council to refer Syria to ICC

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks to reporters after a clo...

Hawaii's Birds Threatened by Invasive Predators, Habitat Loss

On the U.S. Pacific island state of Hawaii, an invasive predator is threatening many native bird species with extinction. The predator is the mongoose, a non-native mammal introduced to the island chain over a century ago...

Sounding Rocket Mission to Observe Magnetic Fields on the Sun

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SUMI’s instruments are designed to study magnetic fields...