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With Syrian crisis threatening entire Middle East, UN official urges Israeli-Palestinian progress

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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on the situation in the...

US Offers $10 Billion Weapons Package to Counter Iran Threats

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Guinea: Ban welcomes signing by political parties of declaration eschewing violence

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Woman voting in the Hamdallaye area of Conakry, the capital of Guinea in June 2010.

Seoul Summons Japan Ambassador over Visits to War Shrine

South Korea has summoned Japan's ambassador in Seoul to protest recent visits by Japanese lawmakers and officials to a controversial shrine seen by many as a symbol of Tokyo's colonial past.