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The United States is preparing to send $40 million in aid to help stabilize the Central African Republic.

A U.S. congressional panel said that China's rapidly modernizing military is "altering the security balance in the Asia Pacific and challenging decades of U.S. military preeminence in the region."

Israel says it has completed a successful test of its interceptor missile, Magic Wand.

Indonesia has announced that it is suspending military and intelligence cooperation with Australia, a traditional ally, following allegations that Australian spies listened in on the phone calls of senior Indonesian officials.

Iranian embassy, Beirut

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the UN climate change conference in Warsaw.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is criticizing Australia for its refusal to apologize over allegations that Australian spies listened in on his phone calls.

Hilde Johnson, Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, briefs the Security Council.

Russia hosted closed-door talks Monday with Syrian diplomats in a renewed push for a Syrian peace conference in which Moscow says Tehran also must play a role.