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Syria: Ban sending official request to allow UN probe of alleged chemical weapons use

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with Ake Sellström, head of the UN technical mission to investigate the...

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UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon condemns reported rocket fire into Israel, initiates probe

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UNIFIL Force Commander, Maj. Gen Paolo Serra.

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A million refugee children mark shameful milestone in Syria crisis

With Syria’s war well into its third year, the number of Syrian children forced to flee their homeland as refugees has now reached one million.

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UN political chief arrives in Cairo to 'listen to Egyptians,' evaluate assistance measures

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Demonstrators in Cairo, Egypt, stand amid makeshift barriers on 27 July 2013.

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