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UN envoy outraged over suicide bombing of national theatre in Mogadishu

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Special Representative Augustine Mahiga.

"In times of crisis, the EU must not forget the poorest in the world", says Commissioner Piebalgs. EU confirms its position as the world's largest aid donor in 2011

With €53 billion of development aid in 2011, the European Union and its 27 Member States remains the world biggest donor, providing more than half of global official aid, preliminary figures on official development aid published by the OECD reveal...

Two-day Asean summit to discuss Myanmar, North Korea developments

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ASEAN Still Searching for Consensus on South China Sea Dispute

Southeast Asian leaders say they will rush to reach a unified position on resolving competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. During the final day of a key Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders summit in Phnom Penh, negotiators...