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Ban hails Action Group on Syria’s agreement, urges follow-through of commitments

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Left to right: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan, Major-General...

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Global partnership key to achieving Millennium Development Goals by 2015 – UN report

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches the 2012 MDG Report.

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European Foreign Ministers Want 'Decisive' Effort to Regulate Arms Trade

Britain, France, Germany and Sweden are urging United Nations members to support a "decisive effort" to regulate conventional weapons trade.

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Transforming Egypt's Economy, Military Daunt Morsi

Two of the biggest challenges facing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi are improving the economy and countering the entrenched interests of the nation's military. The two are deeply entwined.

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