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UN panel pays out over $1 billion in reparations for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

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The Al Maqwa oil fields set ablaze by the occupation forces of Iraq in 1991.

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High-level Security Council debate focuses on peace efforts for Africa’s Great Lakes region

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses the Security Council. At right is United States Secretary...

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Pakistani Taliban Attack Raises New Fears

Taliban militants in Pakistan have claimed responsibility for unprecedented suicide gun-and-bomb attack on a regional headquarters facility of the country’s main spy agency.

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Halliburton Agrees to Plead Guilty in Connection With Gulf Oil Spill

U.S. company Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico three years ago.

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