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Ban calls on Security Council to authorize intervention brigade for DR Congo

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Refugees on the move in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Obama: US Hopes for Improved Relations with Venezuela

U.S. President Barack Obama has marked the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying the United States looks forward to improved relations with Venezuela.

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China Vows to Fight Corruption As Congress Opens

China's government promised to fight corruption, improve the environment and grow the economy as its annual parliamentary session got underway Tuesday.

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Assad Forces Defeated in Syria's Raqqa, Ambushed in Iraq

Syrian rebels appear to have captured the northern city of Raqqa, in one of the biggest gains of their two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

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Kenya Election Commission Reports High Turnout

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People reported standing in line for several hours before casting their vote in Kenya’s general elections in Gatundu, Kenya, March 4, 2013.”

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Kenyans Vote Amid Threats of Violence

Kenyans are voting to elect the country’s fourth president since independence. Police have issued warnings of possible violence during the poll.

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Ban, UN-Arab League envoy meet to discuss efforts to end Syrian crisis

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Joint Special Representative of the UN and League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis.

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Kenyan elections must be free of sexual violence, UN official stresses ahead of polls

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Women sit together outside a dormitory at the Heal Africa Transit Center for victims of sexual violence.

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United States: The Time has Come to Ban Landmines

United States: The Time has Come to Ban Landmines

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Ms. Jody Williams,1997 Nobel Peace Laureate and founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, addresses an annual meeting of the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva on December 4, 2012.

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UN voices concern as rocket fire from Gaza hits southern Israel, breaking ceasefire

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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on the Middle East.