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The spokesman for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, or ANC, says the country owes its prosperity, peace and stability to former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

The spokesman for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, or ANC, says the country owes its prosperity, peace and stability to former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

King Abdullah II of Jordan

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with volunteers of “My World,” a UN-led global survey of people’s priorities for a better world.

A regional peacekeeper checks an abandoned home in one of many deserted villages lining the road south of Bossangoa, Central African Republic.

Mexican officials say a shipment of highly radioactive waste has been found near an abandoned stolen truck that was carrying the material. Authorities have not yet detained any suspects.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said China's new air defense zone in the East China Sea has created "significant apprehension" in the region.

Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme Sigrid Kaag.

NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels are urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a security pact with the United States that would allow foreign troops to remain in Afghanistan beyond the end of the NATO combat mission there next year. President Karzai wants to delay that signing until after Afghan elections.

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that one of its commanders has been killed and is blaming neighboring Israel for his death.