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In Philippines, Ban pledges solidarity with people of typhoon-hit Tacloban

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Visiting Tacloban, Philippines, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon surveys damage left by Typhoon...

2013 witnessed some of the highest levels of forced displacement ever – UN report

The United Nations refugee agency warned that 2013 is on track for some of the highest levels of forced displacement ever seen, owing to unusually large numbers of new refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs).

Thai Opposition to Boycott Election

Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party has announced that it will boycott February's general election.

Philippine Mayor, Three Others Killed at Manila Airport

Authorities in the Philippine capital said the mayor of a southern town, his wife and two others have been killed in an attack outside a terminal at Manila's international airport. Four others were wounded.