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South Sudan: UN mission secures safe release of all personnel taken hostage in Upper Nile state

Peacekeepers of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMISS) man a guard post overlooking a POC (Protection...

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Germany Can Make History: The Decision for War or Peace

In the present historical period—in which virtually all seemingly reliable assumptions about society are becoming obsolete, and everyone senses that we are faced with the heavy issues of war and peace, of ‘to be or not to be,’ of collapse into chaos...

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Ban, Red Cross chief voice concern over 'brazen and brutal erosion' of respect for humanitarian law

Secretary-General press encounter with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Mass surveillance: EU citizens' rights still in danger, says Parliament

Too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They urge the EU Commission to ensure that all data transfers to the US are subject...

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