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Ukrainian swimmer Olga Beresnyeva disqualified and excluded from the Olympic Games London 2012 after failing re-analysis of samples

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on 12 June that swimmer Olga Beresnyeva of Ukraine has been disqualified and excluded from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012.

Central Africa still burdened by multidimensional crisis, Security Council told

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Displaced children and adults shelter outside a barbed-wire fence, in a camp set up behind...

UN urges greater use of advance passenger information to stem flow of foreign terrorist fighters

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Aircraft on runway.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees expresses concern over fresh fighting in Colombia

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A mother carries her baby through the winding, steep streets of the settlement of Altos de la Florida, Soacha, Colombia. The...

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