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Time running out for children in South Sudan says UNICEF

Unless the humanitarian situation inside South Sudan improves rapidly and radically for children and families, nearly a million people - mostly women and children - will face an even greater crisis both inside the South Sudan and in neighbouring...

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Reports: Obama Calls for End of NSA Massive Phone Data Collection

U.S. news outlets have reported that the Obama administration will propose new legislation that will ban the National Security Agency from the collection and storing of massive amounts of Americans' phone records.

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At nuclear security summit, Ban urges deeper global cooperation to ensure safer world

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses the opening session of the Nuclear Security...

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On International Day, Ban honours victims of gross human rights violations

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Special Rapporteur on transitional justice Pablo de Greiff.

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