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'We are being tested again,' Ban warns as UN marks 70 years since Auschwitz liberation

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and his wife Yoo Soon-taek visit the Nazi concentration camp at...

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PACE President reiterates call on all sides to respect Minsk Cease-fire Agreement and Protocol

Reacting to the recent escalation of violence in Eastern Ukraine which, in particular, has already lead to heavy casualties among civilians in Donetsk and in Mariupol, PACE President Anne Brasseur reiterated her call on all sides to stop the fighting...

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German Official Warns of War As Kiev Presses Its Attack

Gernot Erler, the German government coordinator for Russia, ended an otherwise standard speech last week, which was otherwise devoted to papering over tensions in Berlin over continuing sanctions and conflict with Russia, with a stark warning that...

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UN chief strongly deplores latest deadly attack in Ukraine