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UN-backed report reveals record 33.3 million people displaced by war last year

Internally displaced people shelter at the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, one of the three...

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Ukraine Separatists Set Out To Stop Presidential Poll

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are planning to disrupt the country’s presidential election scheduled for May 25, but Ukrainian officials maintain that the polls will be held.

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In Stockholm, Ban calls for optimizing benefits of ‘journey of hope’ for migrants, society as a whole

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left, at lectern) addresses the opening of the Global Forum on Migration...

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Workers Union Strikes as Turkey Mine Death Toll Rises

A major workers' union in Turkey has called for a nationwide strike on Thursday, as the death toll in the country's worst-ever mine disaster rose to 282.

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