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Security Council must come together to solve crisis in Syria – UN-Arab League envoy

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Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for the crisis in Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, briefs reporters.

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UN humanitarian chief says Syria’s neighbours need more help as refugee crisis grows

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Explosions in Damascus Kill At Least 34

Twin car bombs Wednesday ripped through a suburb of Syria's capital populated mostly by Christians and Druze, killing at least 34 people.

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Security Council extends sanctions on DR Congo rebels, condemns latest attacks by M23

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MONUSCO peacekeepers evacuate children following the capture of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by M23.

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Troops Disperse Burmese Mine Protest

Burmese government troops have dispersed protesters, including Buddhist monks, who were camping outside a copper mine in a northwestern region demanding that an expansion project be halted.

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Recent crisis underscores urgency of resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – UN envoy

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Special Coordinator for Mideast Peace Robert Serry (right) greets a Palestinian boy during his visit to Gaza on 25 November 2012.

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Protests Rage Against Egyptian Presidential Decree

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UN relief agencies working ‘around the clock’ to assist displaced in DR Congo

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A volcano looms over Mugunga III camp in the DRC where food rations have been distributed to thousands of forcibly displaced people.

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Egypt's Morsi Pledges to Restrict New Powers to 'Sovereign' Matters

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Sierra Leone: Ban congratulates winner of presidential election, calls for unity

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Women wait to vote in Fouah Bay, Freetown in Sierra Leone’s legislative and presidential elections on 17 November 2012.