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Amid surging violence in Libya, UN warns of potential displacement crisis

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A group of Tawerghan men displaced after the fighting in Libya in 2011. UNHCR is concerned about the situation of some 2,500 Tawerghans who fled their camp in Benghazi in mid-October 2014 to escape fighting.

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Nigerian Army Recaptures Chibok

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NATO Drives Toward Blow-Up With Russia Over Ukraine

In an interview with the Nov. 9 Bonn General-Anzeiger, former West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who was in that position 25 years ago, when the Berlin Wall came down, exposed the imperialist outlook on which NATO’s currently escalating confrontation course with Russia is based.

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On International Day of Tolerance, Ban urges leaders to protect people from persecution

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Children from Cape Town, South Africa in the 1980s, when inter-racial marriage was illegal in the country

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Obama in Breakdown Mode— Policy Revolution Now!

In what one Washington insider characterized as a “political impeachment,” President Barack Obama suffered a stinging repudiation in the Nov. 4 mid-term elections, taking the Democratic Party down along with him. A sea-change in U.S. politics has occurred in which, implicitly, Obama is finished. The problem is that until he is actually out of power, and new policies of economic recovery and international cooperation are put in place, the world economy—and potentially the world’s existence—are on the verge of being finished as well.

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World Leaders Rebuke Putin at G20

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Statement from World Bank Group President on the G20 Leaders’ Communique

With the global economy struggling with an uneven recovery, we welcome G20 Leaders’ commitment to raising growth and delivering quality jobs.

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US Defense Secretary Announces New Innovation Initiative

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced a new effort focused on keeping and extending American military superiority.

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G-20 countries have political responsibility to tackle world's greatest challenges – Ban

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at press conference in Brisbane, Australia for G-20 Summit 2014. Also pictured UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.

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Obama Says America has Unique Responsibility to Lead World

U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States, as the world's only superpower, has a unique responsibility to lead the world in destroying the terrorist group ISIL, fighting Ebola in west Africa, and battling climate change, among other issues.