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Central African Republic: UN relief chief warns 'entire population' affected by crisis

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos.

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Bread for the World Reacts to House Vote on Splitting the Farm Bill

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Egyptian women's voices must be heard without threat of violence – UN official

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Egyptians protesting in Cairo in January 2011.

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House Republicans Reject 'Massive' Immigration Bill

Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are rejecting the sweeping immigration reform bill passed in the Senate. Leaders of the Republican majority say they plan to take a step-by-step approach aimed at slowing momentum toward reform that would provide legal status for the estimated 11 million people now living in the United States illegally.

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Report: Corruption Growing in Vietnam

A new report on global corruption trends finds more than half of Vietnam’s population believes corruption has increased in recent years. In a survey done by Transparency International, 55% of respondents from Vietnam felt an increase in corruption, compared to an average of 48% in Southeast Asia as a whole.

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Security Council urges Lebanese parties to unite and avoid 'slide into conflict'

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UNIFIL French peacekeepers on foot patrol in Bint Jbeil town of south Lebanon.

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Lebanon Bomb Raises Fears of Further Sectarian Violence

The explosion that tore through a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital is prompting yet more fears that Lebanon risks being dragged into the civil war raging in neighboring Syria.

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Koreas Begin Talks on Re-Opening Joint Factory Complex

South Korea and North Korea have begun a fresh round of talks aimed at re-opening a joint factory complex that recently fell victim to increased military tensions.

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New York Army National Guard helps Mohawk Valley rebuild and recover from floods

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Pfc. Joshua Haller, a member of the New York Army National Guard's 827th Engineer Company, uses a hydraulic excavator July 3, 2013, to remove a boulder and other flood debris from Fulmer.

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Lebanon Faces Uncertain Future if Assad Falls

Lebanon’s militant Shi’ite movement Hezbollah has always been opaque. But since intervening in the Syrian civil war it is even more secretive -- to the frustration of Lebanese political opponents trying to discuss with Hezbollah leaders what happens if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad falls.