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At Security Council, UN envoy flags risk of development gains slipping in Afghanistan

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Ján Kubiš briefs the Security Council.

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Obama Calls on Congress to Act on Gun Control

Acting less than a week after the massacre of 26 people, including 20 young children and six adults, in a school in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama has ordered creation of a government-wide task force to come up with solutions to gun...

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Report: Inadequate Security at US Mission in Benghazi

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US Benghazi Attack

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DR Congo: initial findings by UN confirm human rights violations amid recent violence

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Women wait for food to be distributed at the Mugunga III camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (...

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