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Security Council unanimously approves new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Security Council voting to approve a 12,600-strong UN peacekeeping operation to take over from the African-led mission in Mali on 1 July 2013.
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Given challenges still facing Somalia, a UN mission is needed to consolidate peace, official says
AMISOM troops serving in Belet Weyne, Somalia.
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With Syrian crisis threatening entire Middle East, UN official urges Israeli-Palestinian progress
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East.
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Guinea: Ban welcomes signing by political parties of declaration eschewing violence
Woman voting in the Hamdallaye area of Conakry, the capital of Guinea in June 2010.
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Seoul Summons Japan Ambassador over Visits to War Shrine
South Korea has summoned Japan's ambassador in Seoul to protest recent visits by Japanese lawmakers and officials to a controversial shrine seen by many as a symbol of Tokyo's colonial past.
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US, Russia Clash Over Syria at NATO Meeting
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered starkly different views of the Syrian civil war Tuesday, after meeting at NATO headquarters.
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