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Protracted conflicts, arms control, trafficking in human beings top agenda as Ukraine takes over OSCE Chair

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Residential buildings rise up across the Dnieper River from the Monastery of the Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.or Security and Co-operation in Europe

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The Larger Horror Behind the Sandy Hook Massacre

You could call it the slaughter of the innocents, 2012. Twenty young children mowed down, eviscerated in a rain of bullets. But this time there was no Herod, no autocratic ruler, to blame for the massacre. No, this time the cause of the horror which has devastated hundreds of lives, and shocked the nation, has to be looked at deep within our culture, indeed, within ourselves.

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Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Groups

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Can You Program A Radio To Dominate A Spectrum?

A new DARPA challenge is looking for innovative approaches to adaptive, software-based radio communications

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The DARPA Spectrum Challenge is a competition for teams to create software-defined radio protocols that best use communication channels in the presence of other users and interfering signals.

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Iraq: UN mission condemns wave of attacks during Arba’een commemoration

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The Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala.

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Armed Groups in DRC Agree to Ceasefire

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UN concerned about protection of civilians amid reports of violence in Central African Republic

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Aerial view of Ndélé in the Central African Republic.

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Syrian Activists: At Least 9 Dead in Damascus Car Bombing

Opposition activists say a car bomb in the Syrian capital has killed at least 9 people, and say the death toll is expected to rise because many of the wounded are in critical condition.

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Data suggests Syria death toll could be more than 60,000, says UN human rights office

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Smoke drifts into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling in Homs, Syria (June 2012).

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Ban urges political reconciliation amid reported air strikes in Myanmar’s Kachin state

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UN convoy arriving in March 2012 with aid to camps for internally displaced people in Kachin state, Myanmar.