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Personal Envoy Guldimann says situation in Crimea calm but very tense

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Ambassador Tim Guldimann, Personal Envoy of the Swiss OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Ukraine, briefing OSCE participating States and...

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Crimean Parliament Votes to Join Russia

Lawmakers in Crimea have voted in favor of the Ukrainian region becoming part of Russia.

Thursday's vote by the Moscow-backed Crimean parliament came as European Union leaders gathered for an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss how to...

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UN unveils global campaign to end use of child soldiers in Government forces by 2016

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Source: Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and...

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Civilian protection stressed as Security Council mulls UN force in Central African Republic

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A group of Central African Republic refugees on arrival in N'Djamena, Chad, after being evacuated...

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