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Ukraine: MEPs call for EU sanctions against Russian energy firms

The EU must step up sanctions targeting individual Russians and be ready to impose economic sanctions on Russia immediately, MEPs said in a vote on Thursday. They also called for EU measures against Russian firms and their subsidiaries, especially in...

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Ban returns to airwaves in Central African Republic to call for end to fighting

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meeting with displaced persons at the main mosque in Bangui,...

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South Sudan: Ban ‘strongly condemns’ attack on UN mission base in Jonglei state

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A makeshift primary school for students at the UNMISS displaced persons camp in Bor, Jonglei state...

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Nigeria's President Calls Special Meeting to Address Violence

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned his National Security Council to a Thursday meeting in Abuja, after suspected militants carried out a string of deadly attacks and abducted more than 100 school girls.

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