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Israelis Wary of Iran Nuclear Talks

Israel remains skeptical about Iran's nuclear ambitions despite some progress reported in talks this week between world powers and Iranian envoys. Israel views an Iranian nuclear bomb as a threat to its existence and doubts Iran's claims that its...

Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia elected to serve on UN Security Council

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Wide view of the Security Council.

Report: Natural Disasters Worsen Poverty

A new report says hundreds of millions of extremely poor people could be at the mercy of natural disasters in the coming years. It says unless they are better prepared to face droughts and floods, extreme poverty cannot be eliminated.

Bomb Blast Kills 1 in Burma's Shan State

Burmese police have announced that one person was killed when two bombs exploded in a restive eastern state in the latest small-scale bombing in the Southeast Asian country.