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Syria: Ban disappointed that President’s speech ‘does not contribute’ to ending suffering

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was disappointed that a speech made by Syria’s President Bashar al Assad on Sunday “does not contribute to a solution that could end the terrible suffering of the Syrian people,” the UN chief’s spokesperson...

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Protracted conflicts, arms control, trafficking in human beings top agenda as Ukraine takes over OSCE Chair

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Residential buildings rise up across the Dnieper River from the Monastery of the Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Ukrainian...

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The Larger Horror Behind the Sandy Hook Massacre

You could call it the slaughter of the innocents, 2012. Twenty young children mowed down, eviscerated in a rain of bullets. But this time there was no Herod, no autocratic ruler, to blame for the massacre. No, this time the cause of the horror which...

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Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Groups

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