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In phone call, Ban, Israel's Netanyahu discuss need for lasting ceasefire in Gaza

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks on the telephone.

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UN Reports Increase in Boat People Fleeing Myanmar, Bangladesh

A new U.N. report points to a sharp increase in numbers of boat people mostly from Myanmar, also known as Burma, and Bangladesh. Activists fear a further surge of refugee boat people, especially ethnic Rohingya fleeing squalid refugee camps and...

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EFF, ACLU Demolish “It’s Just Metadata” Claim in NSA Spying Appeal

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed an amicus brief in Klayman v. Obama, a high-profile lawsuit that challenges mass surveillance, arguing that Americans' telephone metadata deserves the highest...

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Obama Orders Review of Police Use of Military Hardware

U.S. President Barack Obama - responding to days of racial violence in Ferguson, Missouri - has ordered a review of the government practice of providing military hardware to state and local police.

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