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USA: #BringBackOurGirls from Nigeria, say American educators

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The AFT President Randi Weingarten, with the two Nigerian girls, former hostages of Boko Haram,

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Warning of ‘empathy gap,’ Ban urges faith leaders to speak up against injustice and brutality

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Participants at the General Assembly Thematic Debate on “Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation:...

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At UN, religious and political leaders weigh strategies to stem rising tide of intolerance, extremism

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High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation: Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and...

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‘Swift, courageous’ action needed to stem tide of illegal migration – UNICEF

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Onboard an Italian ship, a Syrian father holds his one-year-old son as they wait to be checked by doctors. They...

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