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DR Congo: as deadline for surrender passes, UN and partners urge action against rebels

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FDLR ex-combatants who already voluntarily surrendered to MONUSCO in South Kivu during the...

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UN: Palestine moves to join International Criminal Court, numerous global treaties

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Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN Riyad Mansour (right) speaks to the press.

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UN Security Council action on Palestinian statehood blocked

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Voting takes place in the Security Council on a draft resolution dealing with Palestinian statehood.

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Russian Opposition Leader Detained for Trying to Join Protest

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained after trying to join his supporters in central Moscow Tuesday protesting his sentencing on fraud charges earlier in the day. The court gave the lawyer and blogger a suspended jail sentence,...

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