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Iran, World Powers Focus In on Final Deal

International diplomacy with Iran over its controversial nuclear program enters a thorny phase as on Tuesday when negotiators from Iran and six world powers gather for talks in Vienna.

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North, South Korea Resume Rare High-Level Talks

North and South Korea are holding a second round of high-level talks, with both sides looking for a compromise that would allow for the resumption of the reunion of families separated by the Korean War.

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South Sudan: Security Council urges 'fully inclusive' dialogue as new political talks launch

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South Sudanese fleeing fighting, find refuge inside the UNMISS compound in Bor, Jonglei state.

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Horrific cruelty and violence against children in Central African Republic must end: UNICEF

At least 133 children killed or maimed in past two months

UNICEF officials in the West Africa region said they are horrified by the cruelty and impunity with which children are being killed and mutilated in the Central African Republic.

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UN-Arab League envoy says Russia, US pledge to help unblock stalled Syria talks

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Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States Lakhdar Brahimi briefs journalists in Geneva.

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Thai Police Clear Opposition Protest Sites in Bangkok

Hundreds of Thai riot police are clearing areas of Bangkok where anti-government protesters have set up camp for weeks.

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First mission to Gao since end of military occupation of northern Mali takes stock of serious damage to the city’s cultural heritage

UNESCO, Malian and international experts have completed the first assessment of damage to cultural heritage in Gao, following the occupation by armed groups of parts of northern Mali. Their work addressed both sites and the cultural practices of local people.

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Released South Sudan Detainees In Ethiopia for Peace Talks

Seven former political detainees from South Sudan arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday to join talks aimed at resolving the crisis in the world's newest nation, a spokesman for anti-government negotiators told VOA.

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CPJ: 2013 Is Deadly Year for Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday released its annual Attacks on the Press report, which describes 2013 as a deadly and dangerous year for journalists, with 70 killed and more than 200 imprisoned worldwide.

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NSA snooping: MEPs table proposals to protect EU citizens' privacy

The European Parliament should withhold its consent to an EU-US trade deal unless it fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy, says an inquiry report on US National Security Agency (NSA) and EU member states surveillance of EU citizens, approved by the Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday. It adds that data protection rules should be excluded from the trade talks and negotiated separately with the US.