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Number of children affected by conflict in Syria has doubled since last year - UN

A little girl waits during the food distribution.

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Crimea's Referendum Spurs Ethnic Tensions in Ukraine

With only days to go before the referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimea region is held, all eyes are on the peninsula where a Russian-speaking majority is likely to side with Moscow. Crimea's looming separation from Ukraine is raising fears that...

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UN envoy stresses need for support as Libya risks facing ‘unprecedented violence’

Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Tarek Mitri, briefs the...

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Officials: Libyan Navy Seizes Tanker at Rebel-Held Port

Libyan officials said their forces have intercepted a tanker carrying crude oil that a separatist militia was trying export in defiance of a government ban.

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