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China's government promised to fight corruption, improve the environment and grow the economy as its annual parliamentary session got underway Tuesday.

Syrian rebels appear to have captured the northern city of Raqqa, in one of the biggest gains of their two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

People reported standing in line for several hours before casting their vote in Kenya’s general elections in Gatundu, Kenya, March 4, 2013.”

Kenyans are voting to elect the country’s fourth president since independence. Police have issued warnings of possible violence during the poll.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Joint Special Representative of the UN and League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis.

Women sit together outside a dormitory at the Heal Africa Transit Center for victims of sexual violence.

Ms. Jody Williams,1997 Nobel Peace Laureate and founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, addresses an annual meeting of the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva on December 4, 2012.

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on the Middle East.

World powers gave Iran an updated offer Tuesday during talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program, and hope for "more detailed feedback" from Iranian representatives when the talks resume Wednesday.

Displaced persons take shelter in a public building in El Sireaf, North Darfur, after fleeing clashes between the Abbala and Beni Hussein tribes in Jebel Amir.