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South Sudan: UN boosts food assistance as ‘very critical’ Nile corridor reopens

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A WFP barge transporting food supplies on the Nile River

Pakistani Police Detain Militant in VOA Journalist's Killing

Police in northwestern Pakistan say they have detained a key militant commander who is accused in the 2012 killing of a reporter for Voice of America's Deewa Radio.

UN Mission condemns rocket attack against its camp in northern Mali

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UN peacekeepers patrolling Tessalit, northern Mali.

Report: US Population Report: US Population Grows to More Than 320 MillionGrows to More Than 320 Million

The Census Bureau said the U.S. population grew a bit less than 1 percent over the last year and will hit 320,090,857 at New Year.