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New crime unit to investigate corruption affecting developing countries

The UK is stepping-up its work to investigate cases of international corruption affecting developing countries through a new specialist unit launched by International Development Secretary Justine Greening.

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Almost 400 refugees saved after crammed fishing boat sank off Libya

Almost 400 people have been rescued so far from a vessel which sank off Libya while attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea with an estimated 600 refugees and migrants on board, the UN refugee agency says.

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‘No more Hiroshimas. No more Nagasakis,’ Ban declares on anniversary of atomic bombing

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The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building, later preserved as a monument - known as the...

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UN agency prioritizes most needy Syrian refugees in Iraq for food assistance

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Syrian refugees crowd around an office in Domiz refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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