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Senior UN official urges confidence-building measures to counter global insecurity

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Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inventory a stockpile of 22mm chemical artillery projectiles.

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DR Congo: UN peacekeepers protect civilians after fighting in Kitchanga

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IDPS wait for food distribution from WFP near a MONUSCO base in Kitchanga after heavy fighting broke out between APCLS and FARDC in early March 2013.

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Children Killed in Burma Mosque Fire

Burmese police say as many as 13 people, most of them children, have died in a fire at a mosque in Rangoon.

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US Accuses Egypt of Stifling Free Speech After Comedian Arrest

The United States has accused Egypt of stifling freedom of speech, following the Egyptian government's arrest of a political satirist for allegedly insulting Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim religion.

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Washington Week: Focus on U.S. Immigration Reform

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South Korean President Vows Strong, Swift Military Response if North Provokes

In the continuing tit-for-tat exchange of rhetoric between the two Koreas, the president in Seoul has issued her toughest statement yet.

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Chinese Naval Fleet Heads Deep Into Disputed Waters

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Ban 'deeply disappointed' with failure to reach consensus on global arms trade treaty

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N. Korea: 'Time Has Come to Settle Accounts' with US

North Korea claims its leader has put the military's rocket forces on standby to strike the United States. It is the latest threat from Pyongyang as tension continues to tighten on the Korean peninsula.

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Ban urges ‘redoubled’ safety measures amid increasing violence against teachers

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School children attending class at Noor Model School in Shamshatoo, Pakistan.