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Central African Republic violence displaces nearly 1 million, UN agency says

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Displaced families in the Central African Republic (CAR) seek shelter at the Bangui airport...

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UN agency urges end to rising violence against journalists in Iraq

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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

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UN peacekeepers reinforcing presence in South Sudan amid continued fighting

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Some 39 peacekeepers from the UNMISS Mongolian Battalion based in Rumbek, South Sudan, arrived in...

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South Sudan Peace Talks Set as Fighting Continues

South Sudan's army continues to battle rebel forces, even as negotiators from the warring sides came together for talks aimed at ending the violence that has pushed the world's newest country toward civil war.

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