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North Korea has lashed out at Japan for calling for "independent additional sanctions" against Pyongyang.

China's new premier, Li Keqiang, spoke with reporters Sunday, revealing the government's agenda for the next five years. His comments followed China's once-in-a-decade transition of power.

Cannabis plants.

Zimbabweans are voting on a referendum for a new constitution that, for the first time, limits the terms of a president.

After it suffered a two-day outage of all of its websites based in the country, North Korea is accusing the United States and South Korea of conducting a cyber attack against it.

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark (left) meets with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City before launching the 2013 Human Development Report.

U.S. President Barack Obama has reiterated his determination to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Mr. Obama and U.S. officials also spoke about broad objectives of his visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan next week.

Britain's Prince Charles (second left) is briefed by UNHCR's Paul Stromberg during a tour of the Prince Abdullah Park camp in Jordan.

Burmese protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa Burma, November 22, 2012.