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Eastern Ukraine: UN rights chief says downing of plane may be ‘war crime,’ urges probe

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

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Security Council, in emergency session, calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

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A young girl sleeps surrounded by relatives in their new home, a primary school in Alqosh, Duhok, after fleeing...

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MH17 Crash Investigators Hampered by Fighting in Ukraine

A team of international crash investigators and police officers was forced to cancel a visit to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane Sunday in eastern Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been reported between government forces and rebels close to...

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28 July 1914: the day an isolated crisis turned into a global conflict

Exactly 100 years ago Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, triggering a conflict that would soon spread throughout Europe and the world and become known as the Great War. “Remembering this lesson is the best way to honour those who fought and died...

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