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OSCE Chairmanship expresses concern about possible escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the spokesperson of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, expressed concern about the situation at the Line of Contact on May 6.

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Prelude to War in the Pacific

President Obama’s provocative policy in the Pacific is leading to a conflict between nuclear powers, and can have no other result if the policy is not quickly reversed. These provocations have gone so far as sailing destroyers straight into waters legitimately claimed as territorial waters by the People’s Republic of China, in alleged “freedom of navigation” patrols, and attempts to line up local “allies” to join in. While the naval deployments are accompanied by all sorts of high-falutin’ moralizing rhetoric from the U.S. government, in reality they have less justification than the European gunboats on the Yangtze in the 19th Century.

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Life science leaders say UK is better off in a reformed EU

The UK’s leading life science companies warn that leaving the EU could bring uncertainty to the industry.

The UK’s leading life science companies have warned that leaving the EU could add risk to the wealth and health of the nation by bringing uncertainty to the industry, adding barriers to investment in the UK and threatening access to the latest medicines on 8 May.

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Respect for different faiths ‘bedrock’ and ‘prerequisite’ of world peace, UN General Assembly told

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Religious leaders.

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OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre’s Mediation Support Team hosts brainstorming session on Dialogue in Ukraine

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OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine Vaidotas Verba and Torbjørn BjorvatnSenior, Project Manager, Agder Research, Kristiansand, Norway - OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre’s Mediation Support Team brainstorming session on Dialogue in Ukraine, Vienna, 26 April 2016.

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Panzeri on Libya: "The sooner we act the better it will be for all of us”

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Pier Antonio Panzeri

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UNICEF: Give children better protection under revised EU asylum procedures

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Children outside refugee tents, 8 March 2016, in Idomeni, Greece.

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No corner of Aleppo is being spared, Security Council told, as UN officials urge end to ‘carnage’ in Syria

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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman addresses the Security Council meeting on Syria.

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Budget woes ‘costly distraction,’ Ban says, urging reliable funding for UN Palestine refugee agency

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UNRWA delivers humanitarian aid to civilians in Yalda, including those displaced from Yarmouk camp in Syria.

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Syrian refugee carries Olympic torch through Brasilia

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Syrian refugee Hanan Dacka takes part in the 2016 Olympic Games torch relay in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 3rd, 2016.