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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani addresses the General Assembly.

The Chinese government’s announcement Tuesday that it will sometime this year “stop using” the notorious Re-Education Through Labor (RTL) system is a rare positive response to the system’s growing unpopularity, Human Rights Watch said.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said Tuesday she was concerned about the recent attacks and threats against journalists in Northern Ireland and urged the authorities to unequivocally condemn them.

Former child soldiers draw in a UNICEF-assisted transit centre in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The Chinese government’s further tightening of internet controls and mandating real name registration threaten security and privacy of internet users.

In December 2012, dissident members of the “Union des Forces Démocratiques Pour le Rassemblement” (UFDR) rebel group took control over the cities of Sam Ouandja and Ndélé in north eastern Central African Republic (CAR). The Séléka rebel group was later formed consisting of an alliance of the UFDR rebel group, dissidents from the “Convention des Patriotes pour la Justice et la Paix” (CPJP) and the “Convention Patriotique pour le Salut Wa Kodro” (CPSK) rebel groups. This group has invaded and taken control on several more towns across the country including, Bamingui, Kabo, Batangafo, Kaga Bandoro, Ippy, Bambari, Bria and Sibut (184km from Bangui).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated two militant groups fomenting violence and instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This action against Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) and the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) was taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13413, which targets persons contributing to the conflict in the DRC.

The fertile hills of Masisi district, in eastern DRC's North Kivu province.

Liberians cross the Cavaly River to their homeland from Cote d'Ivoire.