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WFP Aims to Help 400,000 Displaced in South Sudan

The World Food Program this week launched a nearly $58-million operation in South Sudan to provide aid to up to 400-thousand people. The U.N. agency says some of its food stocks in the country have been looted.

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Heeding UN call for funds, donors pledge $2.4 billion to assist Syrians in need

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) at the opening of the International Humanitarian Pledging...

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Report: US Spy Agency Infiltrates Personal Computers Worldwide

The U.S. National Security Agency is reported to have implanted malicious software in nearly 100,000 computers worldwide, allowing the U.S. to conduct surveillance on those machines while creating a digital highway for launching cyberatacks

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In show of solidarity, Ban, senior UN officials visit Syrian refugees in northern Iraq

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) joins High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres as he briefs the...

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